Charles E. Bartholomew was a Union Soldier in Company E Connecticut 1st Cavalry.

He was the son of George Bartholomew and Lydia Chapel.

He was the husband of Kate Leona (Harrington) Bartholomew (1857-1928).

Civil War: Private, Company E, 1st Connecticut Cavalry

Charles Edward Bartholomew was a resident of Hartford, Connecticut, and not yet 16 when he enlisted as a private January 3, 1864. He was mustered into Company E, 1st Connecticut Cavalry, January 13, 1864. Private Bartholomew was captured at Old Church Tavern, Virginia, June 10, 1864, and paroled in October 1864. He was mustered out August 2, 1865. After the War he was in Tombstone, Arizona, in the 1880's where he appears on the 1886 membership roster of Tombstone's Burnside Post, Grand Army of the Republic. He served as a Tombstone police officer from 1886 to 1888 and led the posse that brought in Phin and Ike Clanton. Sometime around 1890 he relocated to Grays Harbor, Washington, before settling in Stevens County, where he remained until he died.

Suggested edit: An article detailing his military career was published in Spokane, Washington in 1911

Contributor: Sue Tanner (47732168)

Charles Edward Bartholomew, whose residence was Hartford, Connecticut, enlisted 3 Jan 1864 and mustered-in as Private, Company E, 1st Connecticut Cavalry, 13 Jan 1864. Private Bartholomew mustered-out 2 Aug 1865. He was listed as a prisoner of war at Old Church Tavern, Virginia, 10 Jun 1864 and paroled on or about 15 Oct 1864 at a place not stated in the record. After the war he lived in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, and later moved to Washington. He was a member of Burnside Post No. 2 of Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona Territory. Later he became a member of Custer Post No. 6 of Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington. He transferred to Gen. J. L. Reno Post No. 47 of Spokane, Spokane County, Washington.

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