Major Amos Stoddard

Major Amos Stoddard, a native of Connecticut, served in the American Revolution, practiced law in Massachusetts, became a member of the Massachusetts legislature, entered the U.S. Army in 1798 as a captain in the Second Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers, received Upper Louisiana from the French in 1804 in the name of the United States as its first civil and military commandant, was promoted to major in 1807, and commanded the artillery at Fort Meigs when he was wounded on May 1, 1813, on the opening day of the siege of Fort Meigs. He died of tetanus on May 11 and was buried on May 12 in front of the Grand Battery on the spot where he received the wound that caused his death.

Perrysburg, Ohio · United States