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Lamar, Charles, was born in the city of New York, June 28, 1845. His boyhood days were passed in the wilds of
Wisconsin, where he received a very limited education in the public schools. At the breaking out of the Rebellion,
he entered the volunteers under the name of Charles Lemke, as bugler in the 2d Wisconsin Light Battery, and shared
in the life of the camp, the march and the battlefield in which the battery participated, till August 10, 1864,
when he was promoted to second lieutenant Co. K, 43d Wisconsin Infantry, and served as such officer to the close
of the war. He entered the regular army in 1873, as bandmaster in the 14th U. S. Infantry. Joined the 6th Cavalry
in 1882, the 21st Infantry in 1886, and the 9th Infantry at Madison Barracks, Sackets Harbor, N. Y., June 26, 1896.
On the 20th day of February, 1882, he married Alice Buchanan, of California, a relative of the late President Buchanan.
and John H. Reagan, ex-confederate postmaster-general. Lieutenant Lamar is a member of Rawlins Post No. 23, Department
of California, G. A. R. In his political choice he is a Republican.
Source:
Our County and it's people
a descriptive work on Jefferson County, New York
Edited by: Edgar C. Emerson
The Boston History Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1898
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