Charles Bradley Stoughton (October 31, 1841 – January 17, 1898) was an officer and regimental commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

[1] Stoughton was educated in Bellows Falls, Vermont, graduated from Norwich University in 1861, and delayed plans to study law so he could enlist in the Army.

He was commissioned adjutant of the 4th Vermont Infantry Regiment on August 1, 1861, with the rank of captain, and mustered into military service on September 21.

[2][3] Stoughton was promoted to lieutenant colonel on July 17, 1862, and saw action at Crampton's Gap, where the regiment captured 121 men and the colors of the 15th Virginia Infantry.

[8] In the omnibus promotions that followed the end of the war, he was brevetted a Brigadier General to date from March 13, 1865, in recognition of his faithful and meritorious service.

[9] After the war Stoughton studied law with his father, attained admission to the bar, and became an attorney in the New York City practice of his uncle, Edwin W.