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{{short description|American general and politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| name= Charles Hamlin
| image= Brig Gen Charles Hamlin.jpg
| caption= Charles Hamlin
| order=
| office=49th [[Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives]]
| term_start= 1885
| term_end= 1887
| preceded = [[J. Manchester Haynes]]
| succeeded = [[Charles E. Littlefield]]
| state_house1= Maine
| term_start1= 1883
| term_end1= 1887
| birth_date= {{birth date|1837|9|13}}
| death_date= {{death date and age|1911|5|15|1837|9|13}}
| birth_place= [[Hampden, Maine|Hampden]], [[Maine]], U.S.
| death_place= [[Bangor, Maine|Bangor]], [[Maine]], U.S.
| resting_place=[[Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor|Mount Hope Cemetery]], [[Bangor, Maine|Bangor]], [[Maine]], U.S.
| party= [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| allegiance= {{flag|United States|1865}}
| branch= [[Union Army]]
| serviceyears=1861–1865
| rank= [[File:Union army maj rank insignia.jpg|35px]] [[Major (United States)|Major]]<br/>[[File:Union Army brigadier general rank insignia.svg|35px]] [[Brevet (military)|Brevet]] [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]]
| commands=
| unit=[[1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment]]
| battles= [[American Civil War]]
| awards=
| laterwork=
}}
'''Charles Hamlin''' (September 13, 1837 – May 15, 1911), from Bangor, Maine, was an attorney and a [[Union Army]] officer during the [[American Civil War]], attaining the rank of [[Major (rank)|major]]. He was nominated for appointment to the grade of [[Brevet (military)|brevet]] [[Brigadier general (United States)|brigadier general]] of volunteers by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Andrew Johnson]] on January 13, 1866, to rank from March 13, 1865, and the [[United States Senate]] confirmed the appointment on March 12, 1866. He was one of the sons of Vice President [[Hannibal Hamlin]] and a brother to [[Cyrus Hamlin (general)|Cyrus Hamlin]], a Union Army brigadier general.

==Biography==

Hamlin was born in [[Hampden, Maine]], and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1857.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Eicher |first1=John |last2=Eicher |first2=David |title=Civil War High Commands |date=2002 |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=9780804780353 |page=276 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fs0Ajlnjl6AC&pg=PA276 |chapter=Hamlin, Charles}}</ref> During the [[American Civil War]], Hamlin served in the Union Army as a major,<ref name=Hunt257>Hunt, Roger D. and Brown, Jack R. ''Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue.'' p. 257. Gaithersburg, MD: Olde Soldier Books, Inc., 1990. {{ISBN|1-56013-002-4}}.</ref><ref name=Eicher276>Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., ''Civil War High Commands.'' p. 276 Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. {{ISBN|0-8047-3641-3}}.</ref> and was awarded the honorary rank of [[brevet (military)|brevet]] [[brigadier general (United States)|brigadier general]] [[United States Volunteers]], to rank from March 13, 1865, by [[U.S. Senate]] confirmation on March 12, 1866.

Hamlin began his military career as a major in the [[1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment]]. He gained a staff position as major and assistant adjutant general in the [[Army of the Potomac]].<ref name="Hunt257"/> He fought in the [[Battle of Gettysburg]] among other engagements.{{Citation needed|date=December 2010}} Hamlin served as assistant adjutant general on the staffs of Generals [[Hiram G. Berry]] and [[Albion P. Howe]]. While serving under Gen. Howe in Washington, Hamlin was in the audience at Ford's Theatre when President Lincoln was assassinated.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PNgSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA254 |title=Darkest Hour|last=Hamlin|first=Charles|date=1898|work=War Papers: Read Before the Commandery of the State of Maine, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States|publisher=Lefavor-Tower Company|location=Portland, Maine|pages=254–259|language=en}}</ref> Hamlin was mustered out of the U.S. Volunteers on September 14, 1865.<ref name="Eicher276"/> On January 13, 1866, Hamlin was nominated by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Andrew Johnson]] for the award of the honorary grade of brevet brigadier general United States Volunteers, to rank from March 13, 1865<ref name=Eicher747>Eicher, 2001, p. 747</ref> for faithful and meritorious services<ref name="Hunt257"/> The [[U.S. Senate]] confirmed the award on March 12, 1866.<ref name="Eicher747"/>

Along with his sister Sarah, Hamlin was at [[Ford's Theater]] on the night of the [[Assassination of Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln assassination]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}

After the war, Hamlin became a companion of the [[Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States]].

A lawyer in civilian life, Hamlin returned to his home in [[Bangor, Maine]] after the war. He became the City Solicitor of Bangor in 1867. In 1883 and 1885 he was elected to successive terms in the [[Maine House of Representatives]], becoming its Speaker in his second term. He also served as president of the Eastern Maine General Hospital (now the Eastern Maine Medical Center).<ref>''Guide to the Hamlin Family Papers,'' Folger Library, University of Maine Orono</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|American Civil War}}
*[[List of American Civil War brevet generals (Union)]]

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

==References==
* Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., ''Civil War High Commands.'' Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. {{ISBN|0-8047-3641-3}}.
* Guide to the Hamlin Family Papers, Folger Library, University of Maine Orono.
* Hunt, Roger D. and Brown, Jack R. ''Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue.'' Gaithersburg, MD: Olde Soldier Books, Inc., 1990. {{ISBN|1-56013-002-4}}.

==External links==
*{{Find a Grave|19164|accessdate=2009-01-31}}

{{Speakers of the Maine House of Representatives}}

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