Edwin Henry Stoughton (June 23, 1838 - December 25, 1868), was appointed a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War but his appointment was not confirmed and it expired. Four days later, on March 8, 1863, in a famous incident, he was captured while asleep at his headquarters at Fairfax Court House, Virginia by Confederate partisan ranger John S. Mosby. Stoughton resigned after his exchange two months later when he was not reappointed as a brigadier general. Thereafter he was a lawyer in New York City until his death in 1868 at the age of 30.