CIVIL WAR GETTYSBURG KIA COLONEL 55th OHIO INFANTRY RESACA SIGNED DOCUMENT 1864

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CIVIL WAR GETTYSBURG KIA COLONEL 55th OHIO INFANTRY RESACA SIGNED DOCUMENT 1864:
$81.00

CHARLES B. GAMBEE

(1827 - kia 1864)

KIA CIVIL WAR BATTLE of GETTYSBURG HERO COLONEL, 55th OHIOVOLUNTEER INFANTRY

KILLED IN ACTION at the BATTLE ofRESACA, GEORGIA in 1864

HERE\'sa CIVILWAR DATE DOCUMENT SIGNED by GAMBEE – A SPECIAL REQUISITION No. 40 for Clothing,Camp & Garrison Equipage for Co. ‘A’ 55th O. V. I., Haversacks,Canteens, Kettles, Tents, Forage Caps, Blankets, etc… Beautifully Signed by Gambee as Colonel of the55th Ohio Vol Infantry - DATED MARCH 22, 1864 SHORTLY BEFORE THE BATTLE OF RESACA WHERE COL. GAMBEE WOULD BE KILLED.

The Document measures 8” x 10” and isin Very fine, Clean Condition. Comes with a Bio of the Colonel.

ARARE ADDITION TO YOUR CIVIL WAR/19th CENTURY OHIO MILITARY HISTORYAUTOGRAPH & MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION!

Biography of COLONEL CHARLES B. GAMBEE

Col. Charles B. Gambee was born in SenecaCounty, New York. At age twenty-three he married Rhoda Ann Peck of OrleansCounty, NY. About four years after his marriage they moved to Bellevue, Ohiowhere he worked in a dry goods store.

He entered the army on September 12, 1861 andon September 30, 1861 was commissioned as the captain of the 55th Regiment\'sCompany A. By October 2, 1862 he was promoted to Major and on March 4, 1863promoted to Lt. Colonel. On May 8, 1863 he was commissioned as Colonel and replacedColonel Lee as the commander of the 55th Ohio Infantry Regiment. He was killedat Resaca, Georgia while leading his regiment in that day\'s bloody battleduring which the 55th lost many of their highest ranking officers

OHIO
FIFTY-FIFTH INFANTRY
(Three Years)

Fifty-fifth Infantry. - Cols., John C. Lee, Charles B. Gambee; Lieut.-Cols., George H. Safford, James M. Stevens, Edwin H. Powers; Majs. Daniel F. De Wolf, Rodolphus Robbins, Charles Wickham.

This regiment was organized at Norwalk, from Sept. to Dec., 1861, to serve for three years. In Jan., 1862, it left for Grafton, W. Va., and after a short stay there moved to New creek.

In the battle of McDowell it constituted the reserve and served as support to a battery, which could not be brought into action owing to the nature of the ground.

It was present at the battle of Cross Keys, but was not engaged.

It was under severe artillery fire at the second Bull Run, but was not engaged with the enemy\'s battleline. It spent the following winter at Brooks\' station, employing the time in inspections, drills and picket duty.

In the engagement at Chancellorsville the regiment lost 153 men killed, wounded and missing.

It marched into Pennsylvania with the army and was present at the battle of Gettysburg, losing about 50 men.

The regiment was then sent to Tennessee and in the battle of Missionary ridge formed a part of the corps that drove the Confederate skirmish line beyond the East Tennessee railroad.

In Jan., 1864, 319 men of the regiment re-enlisted and were furloughed home, but they were present at the opening of the Atlanta campaign, participating in all the battles in which the 20th corps was engaged. At the battle of Resaca it suffered severely, losing upward of 90 men.

It was also engaged at Cassville and Kennesaw mountain, and in the siege of Atlanta the regiment occupied its place in the lines, sometimes on the right and sometimes on the left, assisting in the gradual but sure advancement of the parallels toward the city. It left Lookout valley with about 400 men and during the campaign lost over 200. The regiment joined in the march to the sea and up through the Carolinas, losing at Averasboro 36 men and at Bentonville 33. It was mustered out on July 11, 1865.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 2

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