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Civil War Soldiers - Doolittle
| Doolittle, Charles C.,
brigadier-general, U.S. Army, was born in Burlington, Vt., March 16,
1832, was educated at the Montreal, Canada, high school, and moved in
1847 to New York city, going thence to Michigan. In 1861 he was
elected 1st lieutenant in the 4th Mich. volunteers, was promoted
colonel of the 18th Mich. volunteers, July 22, 1862, and fought with
conspicuous gallantry at the battle of Gaines' mill where he received
a slight wound. Being transferred to the Army of the Ohio, he served
in Kentucky, 1862-63, and in Tennessee, 1863-64. While in command of
troops occupying Decatur, Ala., Oct. 30, 1864, he repulsed Gen. Hood
in his three successive attacks, and at the battle of Nashville he led
a brigade. He commanded Nashville during the early part of 1865, and
was transferred later in the year to the command of the northeastern
district of Louisiana. He was commissioned brigadier-general of
volunteers, Jan. 27, 1865, and was brevetted major-general June 13,
1865. He was mustered out of the volunteer service, Nov. 30, 1865, and
located at Toledo, Ohio, becoming cashier of the Merchants' national
bank there. Gen. Doolittle died Feb. 20, 1903. Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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