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C. Philbrick

C. Philbrick

Federal (USV)

Major

Chase Philbrick

(1823 - 1893)

Home State: Massachusetts

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 15th Massachusetts Infantry

Before Antietam

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

The rest 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 & notes

Basic information from Commonwealth of Massachusetts1. 1862 photograph and personal details from family genealogist Robert W. Philbrook.

Birth

03/18/1823; Sanbornton, NH

Death

11/30/1893; 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]