Charles Whittlesey | |
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| Born | October 4, 1808 Southington, Connecticut |
| Died | October 18, 1886 (aged 78) Cleveland, Ohio |
| Allegiance | United States of America Union |
| Service | United States Army Union Army |
| Years of service | 1831-1832 (U.S. Army) 1861–1862 (Volunteer Army) |
| Rank | &sq=&lang=&file=File:Union_Army_colonel_rank_insignia.png){kind=icon} Colonel, U.S.V. |
| Unit | 20th Ohio Infantry |
| Commands | 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Tennessee |
| Battles / wars | Black Hawk War |
| Other work | geologist |
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Charles Whittlesey (October 4, 1808 - October 18, 1886) was a soldier, geologist, historian, and an investigator of mounds relics of the United States. He is described by Ephraim George Squier and Edwin Hamilton Davis in their book Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley as a "zealous investigator" in the field of "American antiquarian research."[1]
- ^ Squier, E.G. (1848). Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. p. 46.