Charles Thomas Campbell Charles Thomas Campbell ( August 10 , 1823 – April 15 , 1895 ) was an United States Army soldier , and a legislator , businessman , and town mayor . He also served as a Union Army general during the American Civil War , and was seriously wounded several times in the conflict . Early life and career . Campbell was born in 1823 in Franklin County , Pennsylvania , and he studied at Marshall College ( known now as Franklin & Marshall College ) located in Lancaster . In 1846 Campbell served in the U . S . Army during the Mexican – American War , assigned as a second lieutenant in the 8th U . S . Infantry . On February 11 , 1847 , Campbell was promoted to first lieutenant , and on April 9 he joined the 11th U . S . Infantry . In August 1847 he was promoted to the rank of captain in the 11th U . S . Infantry , and was honorably discharged on August 14 , 1848 . In 1852 Campbell was elected to the lower house of the Pennsylvania General Assembly . Civil War service . At the beginning of the American Civil War in 1861 , Campbell chose to follow his home state and the Union cause . He volunteered for service in the state forces on May 29 , and was assigned as a captain of Battery A in the Pennsylvania Light Artillery . On August 5 Campbell was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Pennsylvania Artillery , and to colonel on September 13 . On December 20 Campbell participated in the Battle of Dranesville in Fairfax County , Virginia , and he resigned from the state forces on February 1 , 1862 . Joining the Union Army in 1862 , Campbell was appointed to command the 57th Pennsylvania Infantry as its colonel . He led the 57th Infantry , part of Brig . Gen . Philip Kearny ' s division , in the Peninsula Campaign of 1862 , fighting at the Battle of Seven Pines on May 31 . In the battle Campbell ' s horse was shot from under him , and he was severely wounded three times . Campbell was hit in the right arm , pelvis , and left leg , and was captured by Confederate soldiers . Despite these injuries Campbell managed to escape later that day . With his right arm still in a sling , Campbell led the 57th during the Fredericksburg Campaign in the winter of 1862 . At the Battle of Fredericksburg on December 13 , he was again seriously wounded , hit in his abdomen and the same right arm . The wound in his belly went through his liver , and Campbell was considered beyond hope and left for dead . He had been appointed a brigadier general in the Union Army on November 29 , 1862 , but it was never confirmed and this appointment would expire on March 4 , 1863 . Partially recovered , Campbell was promoted to brigadier general on March 13 , 1863 , and given command of the Union District of Wisconsin in the Department of the Northwest on November 7 , 1864 . He led this district until the end of the war , and was mustered out of the volunteer service on January 15 , 1866 . Postbellum . After the American Civil War , Campbell relocated to the Dakota Territory . He worked as an Inspector of Indian agencies , then a Stage Line operator , and a hotel operator . In 1870 Campbell established a stagecoach stop along the Firesteel Trail , which included his residence , an inn , a general store , and a large horse barn . It grew into the town of Scotland , and he became active in Democratic politics , serving as mayor of the town he helped found . Campbell died in Scotland , SD at the age of 71 , six days after being injured when he fell from the steps of his hotel on April 9 , 1895 . He was buried in Yankton City Cemetery , located in Yankton , South Dakota .