Charles Smith Hamilton
Born: November 16, 1822
Birthplace: Westernville, New York
Father: Zane Alasman Hamilton 1784 – 1863
(Buried: East Aurora Cemetery, East Aurora, New York)
Mother: Sylvia Putnam 1789 – 1883
Wife: Sophia J. Shepard 1826 – 1911
(Buried: Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Children:
Charles Hadley Hamilton 1850 – 1915
(Buried: Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Colonel William Reeve Hamilton 1855 – 1914
(Buried: Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Arthur Putnam Hamilton 1859 – 1910
(Buried: Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Harry F. Hamilton 1859 – 1911
(Buried: Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Education:
1843: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (26th in class)
Occupation before War:
1843 – 1845: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Infantry Regiment
1843 – 1845: Garrison Duty at Buffalo Barracks, New York
1845 – 1847: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 5th Infantry Regiment
1845 – 1846: Garrison Duty at Fort Wilkins, Michigan
1846: Served in the Battle of Monterrey, Mexico
1847: Served in the Siege of Vera Cruz, Mexico
1847: Served in the Capture of San Antonio, Texas
1847 – 1853: 1st Lt. United States Army, 5th Infantry Regiment
1847: Served in the Battle of Churubusco, Mexico
1847: Brevetted Captain, for Gallantry at Churubusco, and Contreras
1847: Wounded in the Battle of Molino del Rey, Mexico
1848: Quartermaster, United States Army, 5th Infantry Regiment
1848: Garrison Duty at East Pascagoula, Mississippi
1848 – 1850: Recruiter for United States Army
1850 – 1851: Frontier Duty at Fort Towson, Indian Territory
1851: Served in the march to Texas
1851 – 1852: Frontier Duty at Fort Belknap, Texas
1853: Resigned from United States Army on April 30th
1853 – 1861: Farmer and Manufacturer in Fond-du-Lac, Wisconsin
1854: President of Found-du-Lac County Agricultural Society
Civil War Career:
1861: Colonel of 3rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
1861 – 1862: Brigadier General of Union Army, Volunteers
1862: Served in the Virginia Peninsular Campaign
1862: Served in the Siege of Yorktown, Virginia
1862 – 1863: Major General of Union Army, Volunteers
1862: Served in the Battle of Iuka, Mississippi
1862: Served in the Battle of Corinth, Mississippi
1862 – 1863: Union Army Commander, District of Corinth, Mississippi
1863: Union Army Commander, District of West Tennessee
1863: Resigned from Union Army on April 13th
Occupation after War:
Manufacturer of Linseed, and Colza Oils
1866 – 1875: President of University of Wisconsin
1869 – 1877: United States Marshal to Wisconsin
1874: Member of Board of Visitors, West Point Military Academy
1878 – 1891: President of Hamilton Paper Company
Died: April 17, 1891
Place of Death: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Cause of Death: Pneumonia and Paralysis
Age at time of Death: 67 years old
Burial Place: Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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