American Civil War Charles Stuart Tripler (January 19, 1806 – October 20, 1866) was a United States Army brigadier general and surgeon.

[1] After graduating in 1827, he served as a resident at Bellevue Hospital before deciding to go to West Point as assistant to post surgeon Walter V, Wheaton.

During the march through Panama, the unit's soldiers began to have an outbreak of cholera, malaria, diarrhea, and dysentery which enlightened Tripler to the inadequate medical procedures in place by the Army.

[4] Friends of the family petitioned President Andrew Johnson for recognition of Tripler's contributions to the medical community and on March 8, 1867, he was posthumously promoted to brigadier general.

[1] In 1861, Tripler wrote Handbook for the Military Surgeon, which standardized many of the Army's medical practices to include administration, hygiene, and surgery.