Charles Hammond Lindsley

In 1860 he was a 19 year old living with his parents and 8 siblings on their farm at Beaver Dam in Dodge County, WI. He enlisted on 6 May 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company D, 3rd Wisconsin Infantry. He was appointed Corporal, Sergeant, and First Sergeant (dates not given). He was wounded at Cedar Mountain, VA in August 1862.

He was wounded again, slightly, in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862.

He returned to duty and mustered out on 1 July 1865.

By 1870 and to at least 1880 he was a farmer at Vernon Center in Blue Earth County, MN. By 1900 he had a farm at Morris in Stevens County, MN but by June of that year was living and farming with his daughter Carrie (McNeil) and her family nearby at Darnen in Stevens County. In 1910 he was a farmer with his daughter Lettie at Mandan in Morton County, ND. He moved to Chico, CA by about 1913, and he'd finally retired there by 1920.

His basic service from Bryant.1 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1920. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Juliette E Gove (1846-1910) in October 1863 and they had 4 children. He married again, Margaret E Clinton (1847-1931) in July 1913.

04/14/1841 in NY

06/06/1923; Chico, CA; burial in Chico Cemetery, Chico, CA