STOLBRAND, Charles John Meuller

Affiliation:  Union

Born: May 11 1821, near Kristianstad, Sweden

Died: February 3 1894, Charleston SC

Pre-War Profession: Officer in Swedish army, served in Danish-Prussian War, emigrated to US.

War Service: 1861 organized "Battery De Kalb" - Capt., Maj., commanded artillery at Jackson TN, Vicksburg campaign, Chattanooga campaign, commanded artillery of XV Corps in Atlanta campaign, May 1864 captured at Kingston GA - escaped from Andersonville, March to the Sea, Carolinas campaign, February 1865 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers.

Post War: Politician, prison warden, inventor.