Chase Philbrick

(1823 - 1893)
Home State: Massachusetts
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 15th Massachusetts Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
Age 38, a stonecutter from Northbridge when commissioned Captain, Company H, on 25 May 1861. Promoted Major 29 April 1862.

The remainder of the War:
Appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the Regiment on 13 Novemebr 1862. Wounded in action at Fredericksburg, VA on 13 December 1862, and discharged on disability 16 April 1863.

After the War:
He was city marshal in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from Commonwealth of Massachusetts1. 1862 photograph and personal details from family genealogist Robert W. Philbrook.

Birth Date: 03/18/1823 Place of Birth: Sanbornton, NH
Death Date: 11/30/1893 Death Place: Lawrence, MA

Notes

1 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Adjutant General, Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War, 8 Vols, Norwood (MA): Norwood Press, 1931-35, Vol. 2, pp. 186 - 188 [AotW citation 5881]

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