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1018……..(Born N.
Y.)
Charles
P. Kingsbury
(Ap’d N. C.)…………2
Military
History. – Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1836, to July 1, 1840,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Second Lieut., Ordnance,
July 1, 1840.
Served: as
Asst. Ordnance Officer at Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y., 1840-42, -- at Ft.
Monroe Arsenal, Va., 1842, -- and at Washington Arsenal, D. C., 1842; in
command of Detroit Arsenal, Mich., 1842-43, 1844; as Assistant to the
Inspector of Armories, Arsenals, etc., 1844-45; in Military Occupation of
Texas, on Ordnance duty at Corpus Christi and Galveston, and as Mustering
Officer, 1845-46; in the War with Mexico, 1846-47, as Chief of Ordnance of
the Column commanded by Major-General Wool, on the march through Chihuahua,
July 4, 1846, to Jan. 6, 1847, -- in charge of the Saltillo Ordnance Depot,
1847, -- engaged in the Battle of Buena Vista, as Additional Aide-de-Camp to
Major-General Taylor, Feb. 22-23, 1847, -- and in charge of Point Isabel
Ordnance
(Bvt. First Lieut., Feb.
23, 1847, for Gallant and
Meritorious Conduct in the
Battle of Buena Vista, Mex.)
Depot, 1847; in command of
North Carolina Arsenal, 1847-48;
(First Lieut., Ordnance, Mar. 3, 1847)
as Asst. Ordnance Officer
at Allegheny Arsenal, Pa., 1848, -- to the Inspector of Armories and
Arsenals, 1848-49, -- at Allegheny Arsenal, Pa., 1849-50, -- and at St.
Louis Arsenal, Mo., 1851; in command of Little Rock Arsenal, Ark., 1851-53,
-- and of Charleston Arsenal, S. C., 1853-58;
(Captain, Ordnance, July 1, 1854, for Fourteen
Years’ Continuous Service)
on Foundry duty, 1858-61;
on special duty at Ft. Delaware, 1861; and as Principal Assistant to the
Chief of Ordnance, Mar. 20 to Apr. 24, 1861.
Served during
the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861-66; as Superintendent of Harper’s
Ferry Armory, Apr. 18-19, 1861, when destroyed to prevent its capture by a
large threatening force of Rebels; in command of Kennebee Arsenal, Me., May
16 to Jun 1, 1861; as Chief of Ordnance of the Department of the Ohio, June
7, to Aug. 12, 1861, --
(Colonel, Staff – Additional Aide-de-Camp,
Sep. 28, 1861)
and of the Army of the
Potomac, Aug. 12, 1861, to July 15, 1862, being engaged in the Virginia
Peninsular Campaign of 1862, from the Siege of Yorktown through the “Seven
Days’ Battles before Richmond,” till relieved, by reason of sickness, at
Harrison’s Landing; on special duty for the War Department to the Governors
of Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New
Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New
Hampshire, Aug. 18 to Nov. 19, 1862; as Inspector of Heavy Ordnance at
Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 19, 1862, to Aug. 1, 1863; in selecting site for and
building Rock
(Major, Ordnance, Mar. 3, 1863)
Island Arsenal, Ill., Aug.
3, 1863, to July 16, 1865, and engaged in arming
(Bvt. Lieut.-Colonel, Bvt.
Colonel, and Bvt. Brig.-General, U. S. Army,
Mar. 13, 1865, for Gallant
and Meritorious Services During the Rebellion)
and equipping Iowa,
Wisconsin, and Minnesota Volunteers, 1864-65.
(Lieut.-Colonel, Ordnance, Dec. 22, 1866)
Served in
command of Watertown Arsenal, Mas., July 19, 1865, to Dec. 31, 1870.
Retired from Active
Service, Dec. 31, 1870, on his own Application,
After 30 Consecutive Years
of Service.
Civil History.
-- Author of an “Elementary Treatise on Artillery and Infantry,” 1849; and
Contributor to the “American Whig Review,” “Southern Quarterly Review,”
“Putnam’s Monthly,” and the “Southern
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