Charles Thomas Campbell (August 10, 1823 – April 15, 1895) was a United States Army soldier, and a legislator, businessman, and town mayor.

He also served as a Union Army general during the American Civil War, and was seriously wounded several times in the conflict.

[2] On December 20 Campbell participated in the Battle of Dranesville in Fairfax County, Virginia, and he resigned from the state forces on February 1, 1862.

[6] Partially recovered, Campbell was promoted to brigadier general on March 13, 1863, and given command of the Union District of Wisconsin in the Department of the Northwest on November 7, 1864.

In 1870 Campbell established a stagecoach stop along the Firesteel Trail, which included his residence, an inn, a general store, and a large horse barn.

[1][7] Campbell died in Scotland, South Dakota at the age of 71, six days after being injured when he fell from the steps of his hotel on April 9, 1895.