★ Chetlain, Augustus Louis

Augustus Louis Chetlain​

Born: December 26, 1824

Birthplace: Saint Louis, Missouri

Father: Louis Chetlain 1795 – 1872

(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Galena, Illinois)​

Mother: Julie Droz 1799 – 1887

(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Galena, Illinois)​

1st Wife: Emily Tenney 1818 – 1849

(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Galena, Illinois)​

2nd Wife: Anna Marie Edwards 1836 – 1923

(Buried: Cimetiere Mont – Royal, Outremont, Canada)​

Children:

Judge Arthur Henry Chetlain 1849 – 1940​

(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Galena, Illinois)​

Occupation before War:

Clerk in Galena, Illinois​

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1852 – 1859: Businessman in Galena, Illinois, becoming very wealthy​

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1859 – 1860: Traveled in Europe​

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1860: Participated in the 1860 Presidential Election​

Civil War Career:

1861: One of the first men in the state of Illinois to volunteer for Army​

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1861: Member of Meeting in Galena, Illinois to raise a regiment​

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1861: Captain in the 12th​ Illinois Volunteers Infantry Regiment​

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1861 – 1862: Lt. Colonel of 12th​ Illinois Volunteers Infantry Regiment​

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1861: Served in the expedition and capture of Paducah, Kentucky​

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1861 – 1862: Commander of Smithland, Kentucky​

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1862: Served in the capture of Fort Henry, Tennessee​

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1862: Served in the capture of Fort Donelson, Tennessee​

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1862: Wounded in the face and chest at Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee​

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1862 – 1863: Colonel of 12th​ Illinois Volunteers Infantry Regiment​

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1862: highly praised for his role at the Siege of Corinth, Mississippi​

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1862 – 1863: Commander of Corinth, Mississippi​

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1863 – 1866: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteer Infantry​

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Helped raise black troops in Tennessee and Kentucky​

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1865: Brevetted to the rank of Major General in the Union Army​

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1866: Mustered out of the Union Army on January 26th​​

Occupation after War:

1867 – 1869: Assessor for Internal Revenue in Utah District​

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1869 – 1872: United States Counsel in Brussels, Belgium​

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1872: Established a banking business in Chicago and stockbroker​

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President of the National Bank of Chicago, Illinois​

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Organizer of the Industrial Bank of Chicago, Illinois​

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Director of Chicago, Illinois Stock Exchange​

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Member of the Chicago, Illinois Board of Education​

Died: March 15, 1914

Place of Death: Chicago, Illinois

Cause of Death: exhaustion and inanition, chronic organic Heart

Age at time of Death: 89 years old

Burial Place: Greenwood Cemetery, Galena, Illinois

 

[Pollaco]

There were 7 US generals from Galena , Illinois.

 

[Pollaco]

Briefly commanded at Memphis before being brevetted major general at the end of the war.

 

[Pollaco]

Author of the book "Recollections of Seventy Years".

 

[John Hartwell]

Rockford Morning Star, June 25, 1902:

 

[K.Melancon]

There were 7 US generals from Galena , Illinois.

Actually there were 9 US Generals from Galena Il. -Grant, J.E. Smith, Rawlins, Chetlain, Maltby, Parker, Rowley, Duer, J. C. Smith along with other notable officers.

 

[K.Melancon]

Augustus Louis Chetlain​

Born: December 26, 1824

Birthplace: Saint Louis, Missouri

Father: Louis Chetlain 1795 – 1872

(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Galena, Illinois)​

Mother: Julie Droz 1799 – 1887

(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Galena, Illinois)​

1st Wife: Emily Tenney 1818 – 1849

(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Galena, Illinois)​

2nd Wife: Anna Marie Edwards Smith 1836 – 1923

(First U.S. Female Post Mistress, Buried: Cimetiere Mont – Royal, Outremont, Canada)​

Children:

Judge Arthur Henry Chetlain 1849 – 1940​

(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Galena, Illinois)​

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Adopted: Edith Smith - Chetlain
( Daughter of Col. Melancolth Smith and Anna Marie Edwards Smith)

Occupation before War:

1826: Farmers son in Gratiots Grove, Wis.

1842: Clerk in Galena, Illinois​

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1852 – 1859: Businessman in Galena, Illinois, becoming very wealthy​

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1859 – 1860: Traveled in Europe Switzerland, France, Italy. Gained audience with Pope Pias IX​

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1860: Chairman Jo Daviess County Republican Committee​

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1860: Participated in the 1860 Presidential Election​

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1861: Attended Lincolns Inauguration in Washington​

Civil War Career:

1861: Member of Meeting in Galena, Illinois to raise a regiment

1861: The first man in the state of Illinois to volunteer for Army​

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1861: Left Galena as Captain in The Jo Daviess Guards​

( Galena's first company to leave for the war )​

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1861: Reported to Springfield Il.​

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1861: Captain in Company F 12th​ Illinois Volunteers Infantry Regiment​

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1861 – 1862: Lt. Colonel of 12th​ Illinois Volunteers Infantry Regiment​

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1861: Secured Iuka, Il.​

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1861: Served in the expedition and capture of Paducah, Kentucky​

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1861 – 1862: Commander of Smithland, Kentucky​

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1862 – 1863: Colonel of 12th​ Illinois Volunteers Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Served in the capture of Fort Henry, Tennessee​

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1862: Served in the capture of Fort Donelson, Tennessee​

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1862: Wounded in the face and chest at Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee​

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1862: highly praised for his role at the Siege of Corinth, Mississippi​

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1862 – 1863: Commander of Corinth, Mississippi​

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1863 – 1866: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteer Infantry​

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1863: Commander of recruiting and training black troops in Tennessee and Kentucky​

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1865: Brevetted to the rank of Major General in the Union Army​

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1866: Mustered out of the Union Army on January 26th​​

Occupation after War:

1867 – 1869: Assessor for Internal Revenue in Utah District​

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1869 – 1872: United States Counsel in Brussels, Belgium​

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1872: Established a banking business in Chicago and stockbroker​

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President of the National Bank of Chicago, Illinois​

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Organizer of the Industrial Bank of Chicago, Illinois​

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Director of Chicago, Illinois Stock Exchange​

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Member of the Chicago, Illinois Board of Education​

Died: March 15, 1914

Place of Death: Chicago, Illinois

Age at time of Death: 89 years old

Organization Affiliations:

Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
Masonic Order

Burial Place: Greenwood Cemetery, Galena, Illinois

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy early Birthday (December 26th) Brig. General Augustus L. Chetlain! Salutes remembering General Chetlain on his birthday.

 

[Pollaco]

There were 7 US generals from Galena , Illinois.

A company was to be raised in Galena and when U.S. Grant declined the post he recommended Chetlain as the company's captain.This company was attached to the 12th Illinois. Chetlain was a captain in the 12th for one whole day as he was then elected to Lt. Col.on May 3, 1861.