Charles G. Harker
Date of Birth: December 2, 1835
Hometown: Swedesboro, NJ
Education: West
Point, 1858
Final Wartime Rank: Brigadier General
Final Peacetime Rank: N/A
Date of Death: June 26, 1864
Place of Death: Kennesaw, GA
Buried At:
Swedesboro, NJ
Major Battles: Shiloh, Perryville, Stones River, Chickamauga, Atlanta Campaign
Interesting Fact(s): Harker's brigade helped defend Snodgrass Hill, at Chickamauga, allowing the rest of the Army of Tennessee, to retreat to Chattanooga, while George Thomas' XIV Corps held Braxton Bragg's army at bay.
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