Charles Olmsted Hallett (1842 - 1903)

Born 21 Nov 1842 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Died 11 Feb 1903 at age 60 in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States

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Biography

2nd Lieut. Charles Hallett served in the United States Civil War.
Side: USA

Charles Olmsted Hallett was born about 1842 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Occupations

• 1863: Clerk

Residences

• 1863: Brookline, Massachusetts (military enlistment)

Military Service

During the Civil War, he served as a white commissioned officer - Second Lieutenant - in the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the Union Army, the second regiment in the United States made up entirely of enlisted men of color. He was about 21 years old, single and working as a clerk when he enlisted as a Second Lieutenant on 4 February 1864 from Brookline, Massachusetts. Mustered in 12 May 1864. He was wounded in action on 30 November 1864 at the Battle of Honey Hill. He was promoted to First Lieutenant 10 February 1865, but did not muster. Discharged 16 May 1865 for a promotion to Captain of the 103rd United States Colored Troops (USCT.)

Death

He passed away in 1903 and is buried at Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California.

Projects

• 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry

Sources

• Emilio, Luis Fenollosa. History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863-1865, Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Book Co., 1891 (1st ed.) and 1894 (2nd ed.)