Father: Tandy Burkhalter (1799-1871)
Mother: Matilda Gilchrist (1810-1866)
1859-1860 - Attended Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
1860 - M.D. degree, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA (from: SC; preceptor: J. E. Burkhalter; thesis: "Acute Dysentery")
08/16/1860 - Lived with parents & sibs, Edgefield District, SC
09/30/1863 - A civilian, C.M. Burkhalter, sold 105 1/2 bushels of corn to the Confederate Army for $2.84/bushel, at Ninety Six, Greenwood Co., SC [Note: This may not be Dr. Charles M. Burkhalter.]
02/10/1864 - Enlisted as a Pvt., Co. B, 6th SC Cavalry, Jacksonboro, SC
02/10/1864-06/08/1864 - As a Pvt., Co. B, 6th SC Cavalry, received $12/mo.
06/09/1864-08/13/1864 - As a Pvt., Co. B, 6th SC Cavalry, received $19/mo
08/20/1864 - "Assistant Surgeon Charles McK. Burkhalter will report without delay to General Wade Hampton, commanding Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, for assignment." [S.O. 197/38]
08/13/1864 - Admitted as a patient, Receiving and Wayside Hospital (Gen. Hospital No. 9), Richmond, VA
08/14/1864 - Transfered as a patient from Receiving and Wayside Hospital to Jackson Hospital, Richmond, VA diagnosis: Febris remittens & debility)
08/23/1864 - As Asst. Surgeon, 6th SC Cavalry, returned to duty from being a patient at Jackson Hospital, Richmond, VA
11/03/1864 - Appointed, Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 08/12/1864 [or 08/13/1864]
12/28/1864 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon from SC by the Confederate States Senate
02/14/1867 - Married, Frances Anna "Fannie" Hammond (1849-1881)
08/15/1870 - Farmer, Talberts Township, Edgefield Co., SC (living with wife, Frances, and one child - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as Charles M. Burkhalter)
12/08/1871 - Father, Tandy, died, Edgefield Co., SC
1874 - Practiced medicine, Rehoboth, Edgefield Co., SC
06/01/1880 - Practiced medicine and farmed, Talbert, Edgefield Co., SC (living with wife, Frances, three sons, & four daughters - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as C.M. Burkhalter)
01/10/1881 - Wife, Frances, died
~1883 - Married, Augusta Georgia Hammond (1850-1915)
08/23/1886 - Mother, Matilda, died, Edgefield Co., SC
12/03/1893 - Died, Edgefield Co., SC

Note: Dr. Burkhalter's preceptor, Dr. J. E. Burkhalter, Rehoboth, Edgefield District, SC, attended a refresher course at Jefferson Medical College during the period 1858-1859.

Michael Angelo and Bob Krick provided input to this biography.

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
02/12/2016. Unpublished database.