Capt. Amos Stoddard

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Amos Stoddard (October 26, 1762-May 11, 1813) was a career United States Army officer who served both the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, in which he was mortally wounded. He served as the first American commandant of Upper Louisiana after the Louisiana Purchase.

Biography

Stoddard was born in Woodbury, Connecticut to Anthony and Phebe (Reed) Stoddard. He saw combat as a young man in the American Revolutionary War, and afterwards represented Hallowell, Maine in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

In 1800 Spain ceded Louisiana back to France in the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso. Three years later, Napoleon promptly sold it to the United States to obtain money to continue his campaigns in Europe. Nevertheless, Spain had continued to govern the territory and refused to give Lewis and Clark permission to explore it. This forced Lewis and Clark to spend the winter of 1803-04 at Camp Dubois in Illinois. On November 30, 1803 Spain formally turned the territory over to France, which governed it for only 20 days before surrendering it to the United States on December 20, 1803.

During the Three Flags Day ceremony on March 9–10, 1804 in Saint Louis, Stoddard represented both the United States and France. Stoddard noted about the residents:

Nothing ever restrains them from amusement which usually commences early in the evening, and is seldom suspended till late the next morning.

Stoddard held the position as a military commander until October 1, 1804, when the territory came under William Henry Harrison as part of the Indiana Territory.

Service at Fort Meigs

In the winter of 1812-13, after war had begun with Great Britain, Major Stoddard accompanied Governor Harrison to the Maumee rapids, where they built Fort Meigs. Stoddard commanded of the fort's artillery.

From May 1–9 of 1813, Fort Meigs was attacked by a large British and Indian force from Canada under Major General Henry Procter(see Siege of Fort Meigs). Early on, Stoddard was wounded in the leg by shrapnel. He survived long enough to see the British retreat, but on May 11 he died from tetanus.

Tributes

According to a diary kept by Captain Daniel Cushing, Major Stoddard was buried in front of the Grand Battery at Fort Meigs. A stone monument inside the fort honors his memory today. Stoddard County, Missouri was named for him.

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Amos Stoddard

Birth: 26 Oct 1762

Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

Death: 1 Jun 1813

Cincinnati, Clermont, Ohio, USA

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Anthony Stoddard 1734 – 1785

Phebe Reade 1740 –

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Phebe Stoddard
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Philo Stoddard
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Stoddard County, Missouri was named for him.