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About Charles Hamlin
Charles Hamlin, from Bangor, Maine, was an attorney and a Union Army officer during the American Civil War, attaining the rank of major. He was nominated for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers by President Andrew Johnson on January 13, 1866, to rank from March 13, 1865, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on March 12, 1866. He was one of the sons of Vice President Hannibal Hamlin and a brother to Cyrus Hamlin, a Union Army brigadier general.
Everything about Charles Hamlin →- Occupation
- military officer, politician
- Position held
- member of the Maine House of Representatives
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- September 13, 1837
- Died
- May 15, 1911