Served as Captain in First CT Artillery in Civil War, died at Battery Garesche in Virginia. Military announcement of death printed in Hartford Daily Courant, Feb 19, 1864, p. 2.
From Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College, Presented at the Meeting of the Alumni, July 27,1864:
CHARLES EDWIN BULKELEY, the son of Hon. Eliphalet A. Bulkeley (Y. C. 1824) of Hartford, Conn., was born in Colchester, Dec 16, 1835.
He was fitted for College in the Hartford Grammar School, was admitted to Trinity College, and at the beginning of Junior year he became a member of this college.
After his graduation he studied law with his father, and was admitted to the Bar in 1859. He was soon afterwards made Clerk of the Hartford City Court.
He responded to the first call for troops in the present war, and served as a member of Co. A. in the First Eegiment of Connecticut Volunteers He was afterwards appointed First Lieutenant in the 1st Conn. Heavy Artillery, and was again promoted to be Captain of Co E in that regiment. He shared the hardships of the Peninsular campaign and was subsequently stationed in the defenses of Washington. While in the latter position he was selected for his proficiency to be the Adjutant of the 1st Battalion He died at Battery Garesche, Va , February 13, 1864, after a short attack of typhoid fever and pneumonia, aged 28 years.
From Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College, Presented at the Meeting of the Alumni, July 27,1864:
CHARLES EDWIN BULKELEY, the son of Hon. Eliphalet A. Bulkeley (Y. C. 1824) of Hartford, Conn., was born in Colchester, Dec 16, 1835.
He was fitted for College in the Hartford Grammar School, was admitted to Trinity College, and at the beginning of Junior year he became a member of this college.
After his graduation he studied law with his father, and was admitted to the Bar in 1859. He was soon afterwards made Clerk of the Hartford City Court.
He responded to the first call for troops in the present war, and served as a member of Co. A. in the First Eegiment of Connecticut Volunteers He was afterwards appointed First Lieutenant in the 1st Conn. Heavy Artillery, and was again promoted to be Captain of Co E in that regiment. He shared the hardships of the Peninsular campaign and was subsequently stationed in the defenses of Washington. While in the latter position he was selected for his proficiency to be the Adjutant of the 1st Battalion He died at Battery Garesche, Va , February 13, 1864, after a short attack of typhoid fever and pneumonia, aged 28 years.
Served as Captain in First CT Artillery in Civil War, died at Battery Garesche in Virginia. Military announcement of death printed in Hartford Daily Courant, Feb 19, 1864, p. 2.
From Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College, Presented at the Meeting of the Alumni, July 27,1864:
CHARLES EDWIN BULKELEY, the son of Hon. Eliphalet A. Bulkeley (Y. C. 1824) of Hartford, Conn., was born in Colchester, Dec 16, 1835.
He was fitted for College in the Hartford Grammar School, was admitted to Trinity College, and at the beginning of Junior year he became a member of this college.
After his graduation he studied law with his father, and was admitted to the Bar in 1859. He was soon afterwards made Clerk of the Hartford City Court.
He responded to the first call for troops in the present war, and served as a member of Co. A. in the First Eegiment of Connecticut Volunteers He was afterwards appointed First Lieutenant in the 1st Conn. Heavy Artillery, and was again promoted to be Captain of Co E in that regiment. He shared the hardships of the Peninsular campaign and was subsequently stationed in the defenses of Washington. While in the latter position he was selected for his proficiency to be the Adjutant of the 1st Battalion He died at Battery Garesche, Va , February 13, 1864, after a short attack of typhoid fever and pneumonia, aged 28 years.
From Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College, Presented at the Meeting of the Alumni, July 27,1864:
CHARLES EDWIN BULKELEY, the son of Hon. Eliphalet A. Bulkeley (Y. C. 1824) of Hartford, Conn., was born in Colchester, Dec 16, 1835.
He was fitted for College in the Hartford Grammar School, was admitted to Trinity College, and at the beginning of Junior year he became a member of this college.
After his graduation he studied law with his father, and was admitted to the Bar in 1859. He was soon afterwards made Clerk of the Hartford City Court.
He responded to the first call for troops in the present war, and served as a member of Co. A. in the First Eegiment of Connecticut Volunteers He was afterwards appointed First Lieutenant in the 1st Conn. Heavy Artillery, and was again promoted to be Captain of Co E in that regiment. He shared the hardships of the Peninsular campaign and was subsequently stationed in the defenses of Washington. While in the latter position he was selected for his proficiency to be the Adjutant of the 1st Battalion He died at Battery Garesche, Va , February 13, 1864, after a short attack of typhoid fever and pneumonia, aged 28 years.
Family Members
Advertisement
Advertisement
