Charles
Peleg
Chandler
Born in Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine, United States
Ancestors 
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 27
in Henrico County, Virginia, United States [uncertain]
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Biography
Major Charles Chandler served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 1861
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 1st Massachusetts
Enlisted: 1861
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 1st Massachusetts
Charles P. Chandler was born at Foxcroft, ME, January, 1836; graduate of Bowdoin College and the Dane Law School, Harvard, and entered practice in the office of Gov. J. A. Andrew, Boston; early in 1861 was chosen Lieut, then Capt. in a rifle battalion of Mass. ; commissioned Major of 1st Mass. Vols. May, 1861 ; was with the regiment in the first Bull Run battle and won distinction ; served in every battle of the Peninsula campaign under Gen. Hooker, and fell in the charge at Glendale or Malvern Hill, June 30, 1862 ; at least he was never heard of after that desperate fight. He was in his 28th year.
Was killed leading charge of 1st Mass. Inf. at Glendale, Nelson's Farm. Body not recovered. [1]
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #107593093
- Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War (Massachusetts Adjutant General's Office 1931), https://archive.org/details/massachusettssol11931mass
This is another findagrave site. Find A Grave: Memorial #24860225
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