CS Marshall, Charles

Charles Marshall​

Born: October 3, 1830

Birthplace: Warrenton, Virginia

Father: Alexander John Marshall 1803 – 1882

(Buried: Warrenton Cemetery, Warrenton, Virginia)​

Mother: Maria Rose Taylor 1808 – 1844

(Buried: Warrenton Cemetery, Warrenton, Virginia)​

1st Wife: Emily Rosalie Andrews 1830 – 1858

Married: December 18, 1856

2nd Wife: Sarah Rebecca Snowden 1840 – 1929

(Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)​

Married: December 12, 1866

Children:

Emily Rosalie Snowden Marshall Tuck 1858 – 1940​

(Buried: Saint Barnabas Church, Upper Marlboro, Maryland)​

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Hudson Snowden Marshall 1870 – 1931​

(Buried: Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, New York)​

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James Markham Marshall 1871 – 1936​

(Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)​

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Robert E. Lee Marshall 1873 – 1962​

(Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)​

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Charles Alexander Marshall 1883 – 1957​

Education:

1848: Graduated from University of Virginia

Occupation before War:

1849 – 1852: Math Professor at University of Indiana​

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1852 – 1861: Attorney in Baltimore, Maryland​

Civil War Career:

1862: Lt. and Aide-de-camp to General Robert E. Lee​

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1862 – 1865: Responsible for writing Lee's Battle Reports​

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1862 – 1864: Major on General Robert E. Lee's Staff​

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1864 – 1865: Lt. Colonel on General Robert E. Lee's Staff​

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1864: Wounded by Shell Fragment on May 18th

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1865: Accompanied General Lee at the Surrender at Appomattox​

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1865: Drafted General Lee's response to terms of Surrender​

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1865: Drafted General Lee's farewell Address​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1902: Attorney in Baltimore, Maryland​

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Delivered Dedication address for Lee Monument in Richmond, Virginia​

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Delivered Dedication address for Grant Monument in New York City​

Died: April 19, 1902

Place of Death: Baltimore, Maryland

Age at time of Death: 71 years old

Burial Place: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland

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Marshall served as an aide de camp, assistant adjutant general and military secretary to Gen. Robert E. Lee. He was also an uncle of World War II General George Marshall.

Marshall was born in Warrenton, Virginia to Alexander John and Maria Rose Taylor Marshall. He was the great nephew of Chief Justice of the United States John Marshall and second cousin of Col. James K. Marshall who was killed during Pickett's Charge. Charles Marshall was educated at the Richard M. Smith School in and the Warren Green Academy in Warrenton before graduating from the University of Virginia with a Master's Degree with high honors in 1848. He served as professor of mathematics at Indiana University from 1850 to 1852. Upon returning to Virginia, Marshall studied law. In 1853, he moved to Baltimore, Maryland where he was admitted to the bar and began practice at the law firm of William Schley. In December 1856, he married Emily Andrews, daughter of Mexican War hero Colonel Timothy Patrick Andrews and sister of Richard Snowden Andrews. Marshall and his wife had one daughter. Emily Andrews Marshall died in 1858.

Lee, a long-time family friend, appointed Marshall to his personal staff on March 21, 1862 with the rank of captain. Marshall served as Lee's aide-de-camp and was present with Lee during all the major battles of the Army of Northern Virginia. He was subsequently promoted to major, lieutenant colonel and colonel. He was responsible for the writing of Lee's after-action reports during the War. Marshall accompanied Lee at the surrender at the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse and drafted Lee's acceptance of the terms of surrender. He also located the Wilmer McLean house where the surrender ceremony took place and drafted Lee's "Farewell Order" to the Army of Northern Virginia.

Following the War, Marshall returned to Baltimore and continued his legal practice, becoming one of the leading attorneys in Baltimore. Marshall delivered the dedication addresses for the monuments to Lee in Richmond, Virginia and Ulysses S. Grant in New York City.

Marshall remarried in December 1866, to Sara Rebecca Nicholls Snowden, daughter of Col. Thomas Snowden. They had five sons.
Marshall's papers were later published in a book called Lee's Aide-de-Camp, edited by Sir Frederick Maurice and in a later edition by Gary W. Gallagher.

Marshall died in Baltimore, Maryland from a stroke.