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Federal (USA)

Lieutenant

Charles M. Freeman

(1832 - 1882)

Home State: New York

Command Billet: Company Commander

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 2nd and 10th United States Infantry

Before Antietam

He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, 2nd United States Infantry on 5 August 1861 and promoted to First Lieutenant on 1 November 1861.

On the Campaign

He commanded Company E of the 2nd US Infantry at Antietam.

The rest of the War

He was promoted to Captain on 20 October 183 and was honored by brevet to Major, USA on 13 October 1865 for his war service.

After the War

He continued in Regular Army service briefly after the war but was "wholly retired" on 18 April 1866.

References & notes

Service information from Heitman.1 His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Birth

08/15/1832; Glenn Falls, NY

Death

03/20/1882; Lansingburg, NY; burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, NY