Edwin H. Stoughton
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Edwin Henry Stoughton was appointed a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, but his appointment expired after it was not confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Four days later, on
Gen. Edwin Henry Stoughton
Stoughton during the Civil War
Stoughton as depicted in 1911's Prison Life in the Old Capitol and Reminiscences of the Civil War.
Fairfax County Courthouse
Robert Cobb Kennedy
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Robert Cobb Kennedy was a Confederate operative who was hanged for his role in a failed plot to burn New York City during the American Civil War.
Edwin H. Stoughton
…spies calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan attempted to set fire to New York City. Most escaped, but Stoughton's West Point classmate Robert Cobb Kennedy was captured. Stoughton defended him at his trial; Cobb was convicted, and in March 1865, he became the last Confederate soldier to be executed by Union…
Robert Cobb Kennedy
Barnum's American Museum, where Kennedy attempted to start a blaze
Fort Lafayette, site of Kennedy's execution