Polk County IA Archives Obituaries.....STOUGHTON, BENJAMIN F. April 26, 1862
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 "AMERICAN PATRIOTISM" OR, MEMOIRS OF 'COMMON MEN.'" by LEONARD BROWN, 1869
BENJAMIN F. STOUGHTON
DIED April 26, 1862, at Louisville, Ky., of wounds received in the battle of
Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Born in Clinton County, New York; had lived only a short
time in Iowa when he enlisted, Feb. 16, 1862; ; aged twenty-four; unmarried; he
had been in the service forty days when wounded. While the 15th Iowa was lying
in front of the enemy at Shiloh, the balls passing close to their heads,
Stoughton raised up to fire, when a ball took off a portion of his skull. The
company fell back and left him in the rebel lines, and he was not found by his
comrades until April 8. When found, he was sitting under a tree, with a wet
cloth on his head. A soldier of the enemy had given Stoughton a canteen of
water. The brain was swollen and protruding from the skull, the bigness of a
hen's egg. He walked to the hospital, led by a comrade. His mother lives in
Clark County, Iowa. Mr. Randall, of Peoria City, was Stoughton's brother-in-law.
	Captain A. G. Studer says of Stoughton:-
	“He was a splendid soldier, of fine appearance - well grown and strong; was as
good a man as he was good looking; of jovial disposition; loving discipline. It
is my opinion, as well as that of the surgeon of the regiment, that if his case
had been properly attended to he might have lived. He would not give up his
hopes of life. When the surgeon ordered his removal to a hospital boat at
Pittsburg Landing, for transportation to a Northern hospital, be instructed  the
soldiers carrying him on the litter to keep step, according to drill, counting
himself ‘one,' ‘ two,' ' left,' ' right,' in order to ease the movement and
alleviate  his intense pains. He was a brave, patriotic, and excellent soldier
in every respect. He had been in the three months' service, as one of Lew.
Wallace's Zouaves, in Virginia."



Additional Comments:
This is taken from "AMERICAN PATRIOTISM" OR, MEMOIRS OF 'COMMON MEN.'" by
LEONARD BROWN, published by Redhead & Wellslager, 41 Court Ave.Des Moines,IA. 1869.
This book contains remembrances of fallen soldiers from Polk County during the
Civil War. This includes some genealogical material as well.

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