★  Champlin, Stephen G.

Stephen Gardner Champlin

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Born: July 1, 1827

Birthplace: Kingston, New York

Father: Jeffrey Clarke Champlin 1798 – 1872
(Buried: Fulton Street Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan)​

Mother: Allis Ellen 1804 – 1873
(Buried: Fulton Street Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan)​

Wife: Mary E. Snead 1832 – 1910
(Buried: Fulton Street Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan)​

Married: about 1856

Children:

Alexander Champlain​

Education:

Attended Academy at Rhinebeck in Duchess County, New York​
Studied medicine at Harpersfield, New York​
Attended New York State and National Law School​

Occupation before War:

1845 – 1848: Medical Doctor in Ulster County, New York​
1850 – 1853: Attorney in Albany, New York​
1853 – 1856: Attorney in Grand Rapids, Michigan​
1856 – 1857: Judge of Recorder Court in Grand Rapids, Michigan​
1856 – 1858: Captain of Grand Rapids, Michigan Light Artillery​
1857 – 1858: Attorney with Harry Yale in Grand Rapids, Michigan​
1858 – 1861: Major of Grand River Battalion in Michigan Militia​
1858 – 1861: Prosecuting Attorney for Kent County, Michigan​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Major of 3rd Michigan Infantry Regiment​
1861: Commander of reconnaissance near Bailey’s Corners in Virginia​
1861: Praised by Major General George B. McClellan​
1862: Colonel of 3rd Michigan Infantry Regiment​
1862: Participated in the Virginia Peninsula Campaign​
1862: Wounded in the hip at the Battle of Seven Pines, Virginia​
1862: Commended by Major General Philip Kearny​
1862: Injured during the last day of Second Battle of Bull Run, Virginia​
1862 – 1863: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers​
1863: Union Army Commander of Draft Depot at Camp Cleveland​
1863: Union Army Commander of Draft Depot at Grand Rapids, Michigan​
1863: Resigned as Brigadier General due to his wounds on Nov. 8th
1863 – 1864: Suffered from his wounds at his home in Grand Rapids​

Died:
January 24, 1864

Place of Death: Grand Rapids, Michigan

Cause of Death: Wounds and Evidence of Tubercular disease

Age at time of Death: 36 years old

Burial Place: Fulton Street Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan
 
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It was actually the same severe wound that He received at as Seven Pines that broke out anew at 2nd Bull Run that incapacitated him .He was not wounded a second time.
 
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