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Civil War Soldiers - Campbell
| Campbell, Charles T.,
brigadier-general, U.S. Army, was born in Franklin county, Pa., Aug.
10, 1823. At the outbreak of the Mexican war he entered the army as
2nd lieutenant in the 8th U. S. infantry, was promoted to the rank of
captain, Aug. 14, 1847, and was honorably discharged a year later. He
was elected a member of the lower house of the Pennsylvania
legislature in 1852. In Aug., 1861, he was commissioned
lieutenant-colonel of the 1st Penn. artillery, was made colonel the
next month, and was later transferred to the 57th infantry. He was
promoted brigadier-general of volunteers Nov. 29, 1862. Gen.
Campbell's fame as a soldier is based chiefly upon his gallantry at
the battle of Fair Oaks, where, after having his horse shot under him,
he received two severe wounds and was taken prisoner with his
regiment. He escaped by turning upon his captors and brought two
hundred of them back to the Federal lines as prisoners. His wounds
prevented any further active service, and on March 13, 1863, having
been reappointed brigadier- general of volunteers his first commission
expiring March 4, 1863, he was transferred to Dakota. Gen. Campbell
died April 15, 1895.
Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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| Campbell, William B.,
brigadier-general, U.S. Army, was born in Sumner county, Tenn., Aug.
19, 1807. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in Tennessee,
practicing in Carthage, was chosen district attorney for the fourth
district in 1831, and became a member of the legislature in 1835. He
raised a cavalry company, of which he became captain, and served in
the Creek and Florida wars in 1836, and was from 1837 to 1843 a Whig
member of Congress from Tennessee. He was elected major-general of
militia in 1844, and served in the Mexican war as colonel of the 1st
Tenn. volunteers, distinguishing himself at Monterey and Cerro Gordo,
and commanding a brigade after Gen. Pillow was wounded. He was
governor of Tennessee from 1851 to 1853, was chosen judge of the state
circuit court in 1857, and on June 30, 1862, President Lincoln
appointed him, without solicitation, brigadier- general of volunteers.
He served until Jan. 23, 1863, when he resigned on account of failing
health. He was elected to Congress in 1864, but was not allowed to
take his seat until the end of the first year of his term. Gen.
Campbell died in Lebanon, Tenn., Aug. 19, 1867.
Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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