Charles John Biddle
Charles John Biddle | |
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Edward J. Morris | |
Succeeded by | Charles O'Neill |
Personal details | |
Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | April 30, 1819
Died | September 28, 1873 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 54)
Political party | Democratic |
Parent |
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Relatives | See Biddle family |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States Union |
Branch/service | Union Army |
Years of service | 1847–1848 1861–1862 |
Rank | Colonel |
Unit | Regiment of Voltigeurs and Foot Riflemen |
Commands | 13th Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment |
Battles/wars | Mexican–American War American Civil War |
Charles John Biddle (April 30, 1819 – September 28, 1873) was an American soldier, lawyer,
Biography
Biddle was born and died in
Biddle served in the Mexican–American War, serving as captain and company commander in the Regiment of Voltigeurs and Foot Riflemen. He was brevetted to the rank of major for gallantry in the Battle of Chapultepec. At the close of the war, he returned to Philadelphia to practice law.[1]
In May 1861, following the outbreak of the
After the war, he became one of the proprietors and editor-in-chief of the Philadelphia Age, and retained that position for the remainder of his life. His literary work was confined mainly to editorial contributions to the columns of this journal. His only separate publication was The Case of Major André, a carefully prepared essay read before the
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d Wilson & Fiske 1900.
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton. – section at the bottom of his father's biography
Further reading
- United States Congress. "Biddle, Charles John (id: B000439)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved February 14, 2008.
- The Political Graveyard