Bailey, Charles Fletcher ("Fletch") (Civil War Record)

BAILEY

Posted By: Janet Brown - volunteer (email)
Date: 9/15/2013 at 15:38:49

U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
about Charles Fletcher Bailey

Name:
Charles Fletcher Bailey

Residence:
Iowa

Age at enlistment:
19

Enlistment Date:
1 Jul 1861

Rank at enlistment:
Private

State Served:
Iowa

Survived the War?:
Yes

Service Record:
Enlisted in the Iowa 5th Infantry Regiment on 15 Jul 1861.Mustered out on 15 Sep 1863.Transferred to on 15 Sep 1863.

Birth Date:
3 Apr 1842

Death Date:
18 Apr 1925

Death Place:
Colorado

Sources:
Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of RebellionIowa Department of the Grand Army of the Republic

Biography:
CHARLES FLETCHER BAILEY Charles Fletcher Bailey was born near Chillicothe, Ohio, on April 3, 1842. He came to Iowa with his parents in 1850 and settled in Linn County. Later he moved to Black Hawk County, where he was residing at the outbreak of the Civil War. In July, 1861, at the age of nineteen, he enlisted in Company E, Fifth Iowa Infantry. He was in some of the heaviest fighting of the Western Army, including the battles of Corinth and Iuka and the siege of Vicksburg. At the close of the war he returned to Black Hawk County where he engaged in farming -- later removing to Sioux County. Mr. Bailey was best known as a member of the Iowa General Assembly serving in the Twenty fifth and Twenty sixth regular sessions and in the extra session that prepared the Code of 1897. At the Annual State Encampment at Waterloo in June, 1899, Mr. Bailey was elected Department Commander -- an office which he filled efficiently and well. In 1902 he moved with his family to North Dakota where he lived for many years. In 1925, while visiting in Colorado he was suddenly stricken and died on April 18th. Source: The Iowa Department of the Grand Army of the Republic Page 103

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