Milton S. Littlefield

Milton Smith Littlefield (July 19, 1830 – March 7, 1899) was an American businessman dubbed the "Prince of the Carpetbaggers" during the Reconstruction Era. He also served as a Union Army officer during the American Civil War.

Biography Milton Smith Littlefield was born on July 19, 1830, in Ellisburgh, New York. The corruption scandal was brought forth after George W. Swepson and Littlefield defrauded the state by $4 million, after the North Carolina Legislature granted $27.8 million in Railroad bonds. Along with Swepson, Littlefield was indicted for the fraud but was never convicted.

Littlefield married and had two sons, including Milton S. Jr. He died on March 7, 1899, at his home on Madison Avenue in New York City. He was buried in Kensico Cemetery.

Further cases According to a court record filed on March 29, 1886, on March 18, 1872, John H. Miller sued Littlefield in Duval County, Florida over a debt of fifty thousand dollars. His lust for profiteering was exhibited in his Civil War service, having charge of recruitment of black troops in the Department of the South, he sought to have freedmen pressed into service and appropriated the enlistment bounty many of these 'recruits' were due. Allegedly he used these misappropriations to fund these financial schemes.

There were also related findings with the Pensacola, Florida, railroad lines, as well as suits involving Calvin Littlefield, who filed to have the bonds given over to him.