Confederate counterattack, requiring the amputation of his right arm. He received a brevet promotion to major general for his actions during the assault on Fort Harrison. Postbellum Stannard was then assigned to light duty in Vermont for the remainder of the war. In 1866, he served briefly as assistant commissioner for the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands in Maryland. He resigned from the Army in June 1866 and worked as a customs official in Vermont. From 1881 until his death, he served on the staff of the Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives. He died in Washington, D.C., and is buried at Lakeview Cemetery in Burlington, Vermont. A statue of Stannard, sculpted by Karl Gerhardt, stands atop the Vermont Memorial at the Gettysburg Battlefield. Another statue of Stannard stands in Lakeview Cemetery. The town of Stannard in Caledonia County, Vermont, was named after the general. He also is commemorated on a tablet inside the First Congregational Church of Bennington. See also List of American Civil War generals (Union) Notes References Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. Civil War High Commands. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. . Gottfried, Bradley M. Brigades of Gettysburg. New York: Da Capo Press, 2002. . Hawthorne, Frederick W. Gettysburg: Stories of Men and Monuments. Gettysburg, PA: Association of Licensed Battlefield Guides, 1988. . Sommers, Richard J. Richmond Redeemed: The Siege at Petersburg. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1981. . Tagg, Larry. The Generals of Gettysburg. Campbell, CA: Savas Publishing, 1998. . Teetor, Paul R. A Matter of Hours: Treason at Harper's Ferry. Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1982. . Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964. . External links 1820 births 1886 deaths People from Franklin County, Vermont Union Army generals People of Vermont in the American Civil War Vermont Brigade 2nd Vermont Brigade Burials at Lakeview Cemetery (Burlington, Vermont) American amputees