Chauncey A Lyman

(1820 - ?)
Home State: Pennsylvania
Command Billet: Commanding Regiment
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 7th Pennsylvania Reserves

see his Battle Report

Before the Antietam Campaign:
In 1850 he was living in Smithfield, Bradford County, PA with wife and 3 children, occupied as a harnessmaker.1 By the start of the War he was a lawyer, from Lock Haven, and he enrolled as Captain, Company D, 7th Pennsylvania Reserves in April 1861. In June he was promoted to Major of the Regiment.2

In the Antietam Campaign:
Major Lyman relieved Colonel Bolinger in command of the Regiment when the Colonel was wounded in action at Turner's Gap on September 14th.

The remainder of the War:
He was promoted again, to Lieutenant Colonel in July 1863, and resigned 21 February 1864.2

Notes

1 Census data transcribed and copyright by Neil Teague in 2000. File location: http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/pa/bradford/1850/756-342a.txt
US Census Bureau, and USGenWeb volunteers, transcribers, USGenWeb Census Project, Published 1998-, first accessed 01 July 2005, <http://www.us-census.org/>, Source page: Bradford County, PA 1850 Federal Census (File 23 of 59) [AotW citation 127]

2 Image of card for Lyman, C. A.: http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/Archives/17/22/LoadMedia/3215/0001/0955.gif
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Adjutant-General, Pennsylvania Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866, Published <2005, first accessed 01 July 2005, <http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/archive.asp?view=ArchiveIndexes&ArchiveID=17> [AotW citation 128]

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