Charles Edward Hazlett

(1838 - 1863)
Home State: Ohio
Command Billet: Battery Commander
Branch of Service: Artillery
Unit: 5th United States Artillery, Battery D

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He graduated from West Point in May 1861, initially assigned as 2nd Lieutenant in the 2nd U.S. Cavalry, but was almost immediately promoted to 1st Lieutenant of Battery D, 5th U.S. Artillery. 1 By Second Bull Run (August 1862) he was in command of the Battery.2

In the Antietam Campaign:
In command of Battery "D", 4th US Artillery. The battery was part of Gen Porter's V Corps Artillery Reserve posted on the West Bank of the Antietam, giving long range support and counterbattery fire.

The remainder of the War:
He continued in command seeing action at Fredericksburg (December 1862),and Chancellorsville (May 1863). He was killed leading his Battery in defense of Little Round Top at Gettysburg on 2 July 1863.2

References, Sources, and other notes:
Image above, probably of Hazlett as Cadet at West Point, is from Hayes 3, birth and death data from Find a Grave.4

Birth Date: 10/15/1838    Place of Birth: Newark, OH
College: US Military Academy, West Point, NY    Graduating Year: 1859    Class Rank: 15
Death Date: 7/2/1863    Death Place: Gettysburg, PA    Burial Place: Woodlawn Cemetery, Zanesville, OH

Notes

1 Heitman, Francis Bernard, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army 1789-1903, 2 volumes, Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1903, pg. 517 [AotW citation 287]

2 US War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (OR), 128 vols., Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1880-1901, various citations [AotW citation 288]

3 Hayes, Brian C., Captain, USANG, Three Men of Gettysburg: A Study in Civil War Battery Command, Field Artillery Magazine, 2003-07-01, pg. 19 [AotW citation 289]

4 Dodge, Russ, and Jim Tipton (founder), A.J. Marik, et al., FInd A Grave, Published 1995, first accessed 01 January 2000, <http://www.findagrave.com/>, Source page: /cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5845753 [AotW citation 290]

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