Charles John Mueller Stolbrand

Charles John Mueller Stolbrand

State Served:   Illinois
Highest Rank:   Brigadier General
Birth Date:     1821
Death Date:     1894
Birth Place:    Kristianstad, Sweden
Army:   Union
Promotions:     Promoted to Full Captain (2nd IL LA)
Promoted to Full Major
Promoted to Full Brig-Gen
Biography: CHARLES JOHN MUELLER STOLBRAND

STOLBRAND, Charles J. M., brigadier-general, was born in
Sweden May 11, 1821. He entered the royal artillery when
eighteen years old; served in the Schleswig-Holstein campaign
in 1848-50; and came to the United States at the close of that
war. In July, 1861, he enlisted in the Federal service as a
private, was soon afterward commissioned captain in the 1st
Battalion of Ill. Light Artillery, and subsequently was chief
of artillery under Gen. John A. Logan. He took part in the
siege of Corinth, the Atlanta campaign, Sherman's March to the
Sea, and in February, 1865, was promoted Brigadier-General of
Volunteers and resigned his commission. After the war he
settled in South Carolina and entered political life. In 1868
he was secretary of the state constitutional convention, a
delegate to the Republican national convention and a
presidential elector. He was also for some years
superintendent of the state penitentiary, and was
superintendent of the new U. S. government building in
Charleston under President Harrison's administration. Gen.
Stolbrand died in Charleston, S. C., Feb. 3, 1894.

Source:
The Union Army A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States 1861-65 -- Records of the
Regiments in the Union Army -- Cyclopedia of Battles -- Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers.
Madison, Wisconsin: Federal Publishing Co., 1908; Vol. 8

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In the 1890 Special Schedule of the Surviving Soldiers, Sailors and Marines and Widows, etc.;
Charleston, South Carolina, his first name is recorded as Carlos.

Source:
Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census, year 1890
Microfilm Series and Roll: M123_ 93; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 66
Bureau of the Census
National Archives and Records Administration
Washington, D.C.

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1870 U.S. Federal Census
South Carolina
County: Richland
City: Columbia

Enumeration Date: August 24, 1870

-Carlos STOLBRAND, age 41, Occupation: Superintendent SC Penitentiary; Real Estate Value:
$12,000.00; Personal Estate Value: $2,000.00; b. Sweden; Parents of foreign birth

-Mariah S. Stolbrand, age 39, At Home, b. Sweden; Parents of foreign birth

-Fanny E. Stolbrand, female, At home, age 16, b. NY; Parents of foreign birth

-Vassa T. Stolbrand, male, At School, age 11, b. IL; Parents of foreign birth

-Alma Stolbrand, female, At School, age 9, b. IL; Parents of foreign birth

-Minnie Stolbrand, female, At Home, age 3, b. SC; Parents of foreign birth

-Gertrude Stolbrand, female, At Home, age 3 mos. old; born May 1870 in SC; Parents of foreign
birth

Source:
Microfilm Series and Roll: M593_1507; Page: 182
National Archives and Records Administration
Washington, D.C.