Charles A. Campbell

(? - 1864)
Home State: North Carolina
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 27th North Carolina Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He enlisted 20 April 1861 in Company B. Appointed Corporal 22 April 1862 and Sergeant 1 August 1862.

In the Antietam Campaign:
He was wounded in the arm in action on 17 September 1862.

The remainder of the War:
Shortly after Sharpsburg he was appointed Orderly Sergeant. On 11 December 1862 he was promoted to Junior 2d Lieutenant. He was killed on the skirmish line at Pole Green Church, VA on 2 June 1864.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from Wilson1. Some detail from the US Park Service's Soldiers and Sailors Database. Service information from Sloan2.

Death Date: 06/02/1864 Death Place: Pole Green Church, VA

Notes

1 Wilson, William P., Adjutant, Casualty list of the 27th N.C.S.T. at Sharpsburg, North Carolina Standard, 1862-10-15 [AotW citation 9827]

2 Sloan, John Alexander, Reminiscences of the Guilford Grays, Co. B., 27th N. C. Regiment, Washington DC: R. C. Polkinhorn, printer, 1883, pg. 122 [AotW citation 9867]

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