Gabriel Caldwell Wharton was born in

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, 13 June 1839 and died in

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, 22 February 1887. Wharton enlisted in 1861 with the

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. During the

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, the brigade commander of the 2d Brigade (of the 3d Division, 14th Army Corps) fell, and Col. William H. Hays who was commander of the 10th Infantry Regiment took command of that brigade. Col. Wharton took command of the 10th Infantry Regiment at that time."The Union Regiments of Kentucky", Col. Speed S. Fry, page 372 By March 1863 he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and commanded the regiment. After the war he resumed practice as a lawyer and died in Louisville.

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1839 births 1887 deaths People from Springfield, Kentucky Military personnel from Louisville, Kentucky Union Army officers {{Louisville-stub

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