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C.E.S. Campbell
(1843 - 1929)
Home State: New York
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Antietam
He came to New York as an infant then attended school in Nova Scotia to age 12. At age 19 he enlisted in New York City in the 9th New York State Militia and mustered for Federal service as a Private in Company B on 27 March 1862. His unit was re-designated the 83rd New York Infantry.
On the Campaign
He was in action with his Company at Antietam on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was wounded at Fredericksburg, VA on 13 December 1862 and discharged for disability on 6 March 1863. He was appointed 2nd Lieutenant, 23rd Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps on 30 October 1863, promoted to First Lieutenant and Adjutant on 10 May 1865, and mustered out on 27 November 1865.
After the War
He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, 42nd United States Infantry on 28 July 1866, but was cashiered on 30 July 1868. He was again appointed 2nd Lieutenant on 6 January 1869, transferred to the 3rd US Infantry on 22 July 1869, and resigned on 15 July 1872.
He was afterward a government Indian Agent and served in the Kiowa, Commanche, Wichita, Cheyenne, and Arapohoe agencies. He retired in 1886 and was then had a book and stationery store in Hutchinson, KS.
References & notes
His service from the State of New York,1 Heitman,2 and Henry,3 all three as Charles E. Campbell. Personal details from family genealogists and his obituary in the Hutchinson News of 8 October 1929. His gravesite is on Findagrave. His picture from a wartime photograph shared to the FamilySearch database by family genealogist lynette2.
Birth
02/24/1843; Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, CANADA
Death
10/07/1929; Eaton, OH; burial in Hutchinson Eastside Cemetery, Hutchinson, KS
1 State of New York, Adjutant-General, Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York [year]: Registers of the [units], 43 Volumes, Albany: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1893-1905, For the Year 1901, Ser. No. 30, pg. 527 [AotW citation 29188]
2 Heitman, Francis Bernard, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army 1789-1903, 2 volumes, Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1903, Vol. 1, pg. 277 [AotW citation 29189]
3 Henry, Guy Vernor, Military Record of Civilian Appointments in the United States Army, 2 Volumes, New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1873, Vol. 1, pg. 268 [AotW citation 29190]