Charles Philip Muhlenberg^[1]

1837 - 1872  (34 years)

• Name	Charles Philip Muhlenberg
  Birth	24 Nov 1837	Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Jan 1872	Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Person ID	I20427	Tulpehocken Genealogy
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	Dr Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg,   b. 14 Mar 1795, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 9 Jul 1867, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Anna Elizabeth Duchman,   b. 16 Nov 1807   d. 25 Apr 1881, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	10 May 1828	Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Family ID	F3990	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S189] FamilySearch Family Tree, (MyHeritage), https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40001-535681749/charles-philip-muhlenberg-in-familysearch-family-tree (Reliability: 4). Charles Philip Muhlenberg&lt;br&gt;Gender: Male&lt;br&gt;Birth: Nov 24 1837 - Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States&lt;br&gt;Military Service: Major - Civil War&lt;br&gt;Residence: 1870 - Pennsylvania, United States&lt;br&gt;Death: Jan 9 1872 - Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States&lt;br&gt;Burial: 1872 - Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America&lt;br&gt;Occupation: Esquire - Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States&lt;br&gt;Parents: <a>Friederick Augustus Hall Muhlenberg</a>, <a>Ann Eliza Muhlenberg (born DUCHMAN)</a>&lt;br&gt;Siblings: <a>Dr. Henry Ernestus Muhlenberg</a>, <a>Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg</a>, <a>Mary Catharine Muhlenberg</a>, <a>Benjamin Schaum Muhlenberg</a>, <a>Margaret Elizabeth Muhlenberg</a>, <a>Ann Hall MUHLENBERG</a>, <a>Edward Duchman Muhlenberg</a>, <a>Emma Elizabeth Mombert (born Muhlenberg)</a>, <a>Ellen Maria Muhlenberg</a>, <a>Ellen Muhlenberg</a>, <a>William Muhlenberg</a>, <a>Francis Muhlenberg</a>, <a>Rosa Amelia Muhlenberg</a>&lt;br&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;Additional information: <br> <br>LifeSketch: Charles Phillip Muhlenberg was born at Lancaster, Pa. Nov 24, 1838, fifth son of Dr. F.A. Muhlenberg. His education was begun at home, but he attended the common schools of his native city, and in 1853 entered the sophomore class at Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, graduating from that institution in 1856. He began the study of law with Nathaniel Ellmaker, Esq.,of Lancaster, and concluded his legal studies in the office of L. Pringle Jones, being admitted to the Berks County bar in 1859, from which time until the opening of the Civil War, he practiced his profession in Reading. In April 1861 he became a member of the Ringgold Light Artillery. The following month he was commissioned as an officer of artillery during the whole of the war. He received the brevet of captain for services in the Peninsular campaign; received the brevet of major for gallant conduct at the battle of Antietam; was in the campaign of the wilderness and of Petersburg under General Grant, and resigned from the Army at the close of 1867 to resume the practice of his profession in Reading. He died in January 1872, at the early age of thirty-four years.