Charles Edward McIntosh (April 13, 1836 – July 25, 1915) was a Canadian American immigrant, lawyer, Democratic politician, and Wisconsin pioneer.
He was elected superintendent of schools for Dodge County in 1861, but resigned to enter the Union Army after the outbreak of the American Civil War.
[1] He quickly volunteered for service in the Union Army and was enrolled as a private in the 7th Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery.
[2] McIntosh rose to the rank of corporal,[3] and during 1864, he was detailed as staff for the court martial at Memphis, Tennessee, until the end of his three-year enlistment.
[1] He subsequently re-enlisted and served as a sergeant in the 2nd U.S. Infantry Regiment in the Army of the Shenandoah near the end of the war, and was camped at Winchester, Virginia, at the time of Lee's surrender.
McIntosh ran for a fourth term in the new district, which comprised roughly the southern half of Outagamie County, but was defeated in the general election by Republican William H. H.
[5] Around the time of the Fall 1871 election, McIntosh attacked county judge Samuel Ryan Jr., who was participating in the vote count.
[8] While serving as district attorney, McIntosh was involved in another public disturbance when, in June 1884, he and the county sheriff James E. Readmon, exchanged pistol fire in the streets.
[8] McIntosh petitioned for divorce from Conklin in 1888 in order to marry the widow Mrs. Maria D. Sweet (née Durgan).
[16] In addition to his infamy for his feuds with other elected officials, McIntosh received public scorn for horse-whipping his married adult step-daughter, Mrs. Irma Gault, in 1894.