Charles Edward Etting

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Charles Edward Etting

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Birthplace: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Death: February 23, 1910 (66)
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Edward Johnson Etting and Philippa Etting
Brother of Reuben Etting; Theodore Minis Etting; Philippa Brown and Gratz Etting

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About Charles Edward Etting

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American general officer; born in Philadelphia Feb. 5, 1844; served with distinction as a volunteer in the army during the Civil war. He entered the Federal service as a member of the One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment, with the grade of second lieutenant of Company D, and was promoted in turn to first lieutenant, captain, and adjutant. Assigned to the third division of the Army of the Potomac (1861), he took part in the operations at Sharpsburg (Sept. 29, 1862) and in the battles of Fredericksburg (Dec. 13, 1862), Chancellorsville (May 1-4, 1863), and Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863), acting as staff-officer and aide-de-campthroughout the campaign. Subsequently he took an active part in organizing new regiments in his state (1864), and retired from military service June 2, 1865. At the close of the war Etting returned to Philadelphia and engaged in commerce.

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Charles Edward Etting's Timeline

1844
February 5, 1844
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
1910
February 23, 1910
Age 66
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States