Charles Michael Callahan of Ireland
Appointed from Missouri, Sergeant, Company K, 1st Missouri Volunteer Infantry, 26 April to 9 Auust 1861
Second Lieuenant, 1st Missouri Light Artillery, 1 September 1861
Captain, 26 January 1865
Honorably mustered out 16 June 1865
Second Lieutenant, 3rd U. S. Artillery, 23 February 1866
First Lieutenant, 28 July 1866
Transfered to the 4th U. S. Cavalry, 13 January 1874
Captain, 2 April 1879
Retired 11 February 1887
Breveted Captain, 2 March 1867 for gallant and meritorious srevice in the battle of Bentonville, North Carolina
Died 17 May 1895
CALLAHAN, CHAS M
CAPT 4TH US CAV
DATE OF DEATH: 05/17/1895
BURIED AT: SITE LOT 726
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.
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