Charles A. Hollister Fletcher

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1837-09-07

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1877-01-02

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"Charles A. Hollister Fletcher" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00003292, (accessed March 14, 2025).

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Ohio and Iowa soldier. Ohio native. Son of John C. Fletcher and Sarah Terrell Anthony Fletcher. Cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point from January 1857 to 1861. Captain in the 1st Iowa Battery from August 1861 to January 1862. 2nd lieutenant, first lieutenant, captain and brevet major in the 1st United States Infantry. Officer of the Mustering and Dispersing Office in Louisville from 1864 to 1865.

U.S. Military Academy Cadet Application Papers, 1805-1866; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M688, 1 roll), Iowa, p. 78 (accessed via Ancestry.com); Francis B. Heitman, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army from its Organization, Vol. 1, Section II, p. 277; Find A Grave, "Charles Hollister Fletcher (1837-1877)," Memorial #117842698, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=117842698&ref=acom (accessed March 30, 2017).

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