Charles B. Stuart

Charles Beebe Stuart
Born	(1814-06-04)June 4, 1814 Chittenango Springs, Madison County, New York
Died	January 4, 1881(1881-01-04) (aged 66) Cleveland, Ohio
Allegiance	United States of America Union
Service/branch	US Navy Union Army
Years of service	1850 - 1853 (Navy) 1861 - 1863 (Army)
Rank	Brevet Brigadier General
Battles/wars	American Civil War

Charles Beebe Stuart (June 4, 1814 – January 4, 1881) was an American engineer, United States Navy and Union Army officer and politician.

Biography

Stuart was born in Chittenango Springs, Madison County, New York, and was educated in the common schools. He graduated from Union College. Afterwards he was engaged in the construction of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad, and the Brooklyn dry docks.

He was New York State Engineer and Surveyor from 1848 to 1849, elected on the Whig ticket. In November 1850, he was appointed Engineer-in-Chief, attached to the Bureau of Construction, Equipment and Repair of the United States Navy.

During the American Civil War, he raised the 50th New York Engineer Regiment, commanding it from 1861 to 1863,^[1] and was brevetted brigadier general. He built fortifications and bridges for the Army of the Potomac.

At the time of his death, he was as Chief Engineer engaged in the construction of the Conotton Valley Railway.

He died in Cleveland, Ohio on January 4, 1881, of gangrene which developed from a sprained ankle.^[2]

↑ Regimental Roster
↑ "A Distinguished Engineer Dead. Gen. Charles B. Stewart Dies From The Effects Of A Sprained Ankle". New York Times. January 5, 1881. Retrieved 2012-10-10. Gen. Charles B. Stewart [sic], Chief Engineer of the Conotton Valley Railway, and well known in engineering circles throughout the country, died at the Forest City ... (name given as "Stewart", but official New York state sources spell "Stuart")

Google Book The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 37f; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)

Political offices
Preceded by Hugh Halsey as Surveyor General	New York State Engineer and Surveyor 1848–1849	Succeeded by Hezekiah C. Seymour

New York State Engineers and Surveyors

Surveyors General	Schuyler De Witt Campbell Holley Jones Halsey

State Engineers and Surveyors	Stuart H C Seymour McAlpine (Bristol) Ramsay Clark S Seymour Richmond Taylor Goodsell Richmond Taylor S Sweet Van Buren H Seymour S Seymour E Sweet Bogart Schenck Adams Bond Van Alstyne Skene Williams Bensel Williams LaDu Finch

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 45815905 LCCN: n87144346

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