Charles Albright

He studied the law, was admitted to the bar in 1852, and began to practice in Mauch Chunk, PA. He was in the territory of Kansas 1854-56 with the Western Pennsylvania Kansas Company encouraging new settlement of families opposed to slavery and committed to temperance. He was a delegate to the Republican Convention in 1860. He mustered as Major of the 132nd Pennsylvania Infantry on 21 August 1862.

He was with his Regiment on the Campaign, and commanded briefly on 13 September 1862 in the temporary absence of its Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel.

He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in October to date from 18 September 1862. He was promoted to Colonel 24 January 1863, led his regiment, and briefly the Brigade, at Chancellorsville, and mustered out with his Regiment on 2 May 1863 at the end of its term of service. He was Colonel of the 34th Regiment, Emergency Militia 3 June - 24 August 1863 for the Gettysburg Campaign. He was then commissioned Colonel of the 202nd Infantry, mustering on 3 September 1864. He was honored by brevet to Brigadier General of Volunteers on 7 March 1865, and mustered out 3 August 1865.

He returned to his law practice in Mauch Chunk. He was elected to the US House of Representatives in in 1872 and served to 3 March 1875, but did not seek reelection. He was also in iron manufacturing before his death.

His service from Bates.1 His picture, from a photograph, and other details from Hitchcock's history.2 Additional life information from his Congressional Biography3 and a post about him and fellow Dickinsonian George Baylor, from Dickinson's House Divided project. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

12/13/1830; Bucks County, PA

09/28/1880; Mauch Chunk, PA; burial in Mauch Chunk Cemetery, Mauch Chunk, PA