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    Charles Kitchell Gardner

    Birth: 6-24-1787

    Death: 11-1-1869

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Gardner, Charles Kitchell, soldier, was born in Morris county, N.J., in 1787. In May, 1808, he joined the U.S. army as ensign in the 6th infantry, was promoted 
adjutant, May, 1809; 2d lieutenant, June, 1809, 1st lieutenant, March 1811, and served as brigade inspector to General Hampton from April 1811. He was promoted captain of the 3d artillery in July, 1812; brigade-major on the staff of General Armstrong, Aug. 4, 1812; adjutant-general, March 18, 1813, and transferred to the 23d infantry. In the war of 1812 he took part in the battles of Chrysler's Field, Chippewa, and Niagara, and in the siege and defense of Fort Erie. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel for distinguished and meritorious services, Feb. 5, 1815, and in May, 1816, was made adjutant-general of the division of the north. He resigned his commission, March 17, 1818. He was the first assistant postmaster-general, 1829-37; auditor of the post-office department, 1837-41; commissioner to settle affairs in connection with the Indians in the Southern states, 1841-45; postmaster of Washington, D.C., 1845-49; surveyor-general of Oregon, 1853-57, and clerk of the U.S. treasury department, 1857-67. He published: A Compendium of Military Tactics (1819); A Dictionary of Commissioned Officers who have served in the Army of the United States from 1789 to 1853 (1853); and A Permanent Designation of Companies and Company Books, by the First Letters of the Alphabet. He died in Washington, D.C., Nov. 1, 1869.

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Biography: 
Gardner, Charles Kitchell, soldier, was born in Morris county, N.J., in 1787. In May, 1808, he joined the U.S. army as ensign in the 6th infantry, was promoted adjutant, May, 1809; 2d lieutenant, June, 1809, 1st lieutenant, March 1811, and served as brigade inspector to General Hampton from April 1811. He was promoted captain of the 3d artillery in July, 1812; brigade-major on the staff of General Armstrong, Aug. 4, 1812; adjutant-general, March 18, 1813, and transferred to the 23d infantry. In the war of 1812 he took part in the battles of Chrysler's Field, Chippewa, and Niagara, and in the siege and defense of Fort Erie. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel for distinguished and meritorious services, Feb. 5, 1815, and in May, 1816, was made adjutant-general of the division of the north. He resigned his commission, March 17, 1818. He was the first assistant postmaster-general, 1829-37; auditor of the post-office department, 1837-41; commissioner to settle affairs in connection with the Indians in the Southern states, 1841-45; postmaster of Washington, D.C., 1845-49; surveyor-general of Oregon, 1853-57, and clerk of the U.S. treasury department, 1857-67. He published: A Compendium of Military Tactics (1819); A Dictionary of Commissioned Officers who have served in the Army of the United States from 1789 to 1853 (1853); and A Permanent Designation of Companies and Company Books, by the First Letters of the Alphabet. He died in Washington, D.C., Nov. 1, 1869.
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