Milton Cogswell
40th Mayor of Charleston
In office
March 9, 1868 – 1868
Preceded byWilliam Wallace Burns
Succeeded byGeorge Washington Clark
Personal details
BornDecember 4, 1825
Noblesville, Indiana, US
DiedNovember 20, 1882(1882-11-20) (aged 56)
Washington, D.C., US
Resting placeArlington National Cemetery
Alma materUnited States Military Academy
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Union
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
Union Army
Years of service1849–1871
Rank Major, USA
Colonel, USV
Bvt. Brigadier General
Unit4th United States Infantry
8th U.S. Infantry
21st U.S. Infantry
Commands42nd New York Infantry
2nd New York Heavy Artillery
Battles/warsAmerican Indian Wars
American Civil War
Grave of Col. Milton Cogswell and his wife Susan Maria (Lane) Cogswell in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery

Milton Cogswell (December 4, 1825 – November 20, 1882) was a United States Army officer.

Milton Cogswell was born in Noblesville, Indiana on December 4, 1825. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1849, when he was appointed brevet Second Lieutenant in the 4th United States Infantry. In 1850 he was assigned to duty on the frontier, serving with the 8th Infantry, but he was recalled and detailed as Assistant Professor of Mathematics at West Point until 1856.[1] Cogswell then rejoined the 8th Infantry in New Mexico, participating in a skirmish with the Navajo on October 6, 1858 and remaining on station until 1860.[2]

When the Civil War broke about, Cogswell went into active service. In July 1861, he was made Colonel of the Forty-Second New York Volunteers, and at the Battle of Ball's Bluff was captured by the Confederates and incarcerated in Libby Prison, until being exchanged. At the close of the war he was assigned to garrison duty at Baltimore, and afterward served as Acting Judge-Advocate of the Department of North Carolina.[1]

On March 9, 1868, he was made Provisional Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina from March to July and was placed in charge of civil affairs at Summerville.[3] He was afterward performed various duties in the South and on the Western frontier until 1871, when he retired from active service on account of a disability contracted in the line of duty.[1]

He died on November 20, 1882, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia.[4]

A distant relation, William S. Cogswell Jr, was elected Mayor of Charleston, taking office in January 2024.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Col. Milton Cogswell (obituary)", New York Times, November 21, 1882
  2. ↑ Biographical register of the officers and graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. from its establishment in 1802, to 1890: With the early history of the United States Military Academy. Vol. II. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Riverside Press. 1891. pp. 379–380. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
  3. ↑ "The New Mayor". The Daily News. Charleston, South Carolina. March 9, 1868. p. 3.
  4. ↑ "Burial Detail: Cogswell, Milton (Section 3, Grave 1997-ES)". ANC Explorer. Arlington National Cemetery. (Official website).
  5. ↑ Bogel-Burroughs, Nicholas (November 23, 2023). "Charleston Elects Republican Mayor for First Time Since 1870s". The New York Times. Retrieved November 23, 2023


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