SHALER, Alexander
Affiliation:
Union
Born: March 19 1827, Haddam CT
Died: December 28 1911, New York NY
Pre-War Profession: Militia officer, and writer
War Service: June 1861 Lt. Col. of 65th New York, Peninsula campaign,
Seven Days, Col., Antietam, Fredericksburg, commanded 1st Bde/3rd Divn/VI
Corps at Chancellorsville - Medal of Honor, May 1863 appointed Brig. Gen. of
Volunteers, Gettysburg, commanded Johnson's Is prison, commanded 4th Bde/1st
Divn/VI Corps at Wilderness (c), served in the Dept of the Gulf and the
Dept of Arkansas.
Post War: Fire commissioner, Maj. Gen. in New York
National Guard, president of NRA.