predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place imagesize birth_date order term_start article_title term_end name alma_mater
william wallace burns george washington clark 20 november 1882 noblesville , indiana washington , d.c. 210px december 4 , 1825 40th mayor of charleston 1868 milton cogswell
 1868 milton cogswell united states military academy -lrb- west point -rrb-
milton cogswell

milton cogswell was the fortieth mayor of charleston , south carolina , serving in 1868 .
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 fourth united states infantry .
in 1850 he was assigned to duty on the frontier , but he was recalled and detailed as assistant professor of mathematics at west point until 1856 .
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 .
in 1868 he was made provisional mayor of charleston from march to july and was placed in charge of civil affairs at summerville , south carolina .
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 .
he died on november 20 , 1882 , and is buried at arlington cemetery .
