CHETLAIN, Augustus Louis

Affiliation:  Union

Born: December 26 1824, St Louis MO

Died: March 15 1914, Chicago IL

Pre-War Profession: Clerk, businessman

War Service: May 1861 Capt. in 12th Illinois, Lt. Col., Forts Henry and Donelson, Shiloh, April 1862 Col., Iuka, Corinth, December 1863 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, recruited Black troops in Tennessee and Kentucky, commanded at Memphis

Post War:  Collector of internal revenue, US consul in Brussels, banker, philanthropist, author.