★ Heckman, Charles A.

Charles Adam Heckman​

Born: December 3, 1822

Birthplace: Easton, Pennsylvania

Father: John Heckman 1785 – 1864

(Buried: Easton Cemetery, Easton, Pennsylvania)​

Mother: Mary Schneider 1786 – 1868

(Buried: Easton Cemetery, Easton, Pennsylvania)​

Wife: Eliza Craig 1829 – 1901

(Buried: Easton Cemetery, Easton, Pennsylvania)​

Education:

1837: Graduated from Minerva Seminary​

Occupation before War:

1846 – 1847: Served in Mexican – American War​

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Conductor for New Jersey Central Railroad Company​

Civil War Career:

1861: Captain of 1st​ Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment​

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1861: Major of 9th​ New Jersey Infantry Regiment​

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1861 – 1862: Lt. Colonel of 9th​ New Jersey Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Served in Ambrose Burnside's North Carolina Expedition​

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1862: Served in the Battle of Roanoke Island, North Carolina​

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1862: Colonel of 9th​ New Jersey Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Wounded Battle of New Bern, North Carolina​

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1862: Wounded Battle of Young's Crossroads, North Carolina​

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1862 – 1865: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers​

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1862: Brigade Commander Battle of Kinston, North Carolina​

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1862: Brigade Commander Battle of White Hall, North Carolina​

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1862: Brigade Commander Battle of Goldsboro Bridge, North Carolina​

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1863: Commander of the Union Army District of Beaufort​

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1863: Commander of Union Garrison at Newport News, Virginia​

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1864: Brigade Commander in the Army of the James​

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1864: Wounded at Battle of Port Walthall Junction, Virginia​

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1864: Captured at Battle of Proctor's Creek, Virginia​

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1864: Exchanged in the Prisoner of War exchange in September​

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1864: Division Commander at Battle of Chaffin's Farm, Virginia​

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1864: Acted as Corps Commander Battle of Fort Harrison, Virginia​

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1865: Briefly served as Division and Corps Commander​

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1865: Resigned from the Union Army on May 25th​​

Occupation after War:

Railroad Conductor and Dispatcher for New Jersey Central Railroad​

Died: January 14, 1896

Place of Death: Germantown, Pennsylvania

Age at time of Death: 73 years old

Burial Place: Easton Cemetery, Easton, Pennsylvania

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy weekend (December 3rd) Birthday Brig. General Charles A. Heckman! Salutes remembering General Heckman on his birthday weekend.

 

[John Hartwell]

[Phil. Times, 20 Sept. 1900]

[Camden Morning Post, 31 July 1900]​

Heckman's 1st Brigade in the 2nd Division of the 18th Corps was known as the Red Star Brigade "because of the flag that flew over brigade headquarters."

Flag of the 1st. Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Army Corps
[H.E.Valentine Sketchbook. Ms2009-026, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University).​

I understand that he was the only Brigadier General who, even briefly, commanded a Corps not to be breveted Major-General at the end of the war. Was it simply oversight, or was there a reason?

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Military Figure. He was an American Civil War Union Brigadier General, serving in the United States Army.. Prior to the war, he served in the Army as an officer in the Mexican War and was a conductor on the Pennsylvania Railroad. After the start of the American Civil War, in October in 1861, he...

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[Pollaco]

He was one of those officers placed in the city where they would be under fire from the Union guns near Charleston.

 

[Pollaco]

I understand that he was the only Brigadier General who, even briefly, commanded a Corps not to be breveted Major-General at the end of the war. Was it simply oversight, or was there a reason?

What makes it even stranger was that I think he temporarily commanded a Corps twice. The 18th in Sept-Oct. 1864 and the again the 25th from Jan.-Feb. 1865.

 

[Pollaco]

He also temporarily commanded General Getty's division in early 1864. This was probably about the time Getty was away from his command as he was acting inspector general for the AOP.

 

[John Hartwell]

What makes it even stranger was that I think he temporarily commanded a Corps twice. The 18th in Sept-Oct. 1864 and the again the 25th from Jan.-Feb. 1865.

Maybe it had something to do with his having resigned on May 25, rather than waiting to be mustered out.