Charles Roberts

  Noted events in his life were:

• Military. ^2,527 Charles fought in the Civil War. Charles enlisted in the army in Unionville, Missouri. He was discharged in Nashville, Tennessee. Charles is listed in the Roster For Civil War Veterans from Missouri as Chas Roberts. He served in Company 42 Regiment Missouri Infantry. Roberts, Chas Private C, 42 College View Missouri

42nd REGIMENT MO INFANTRY.


Organized at Macon, Mo., September, 1864. Attached to District of Northern Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to December, 1864. Tullahoma, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to February, 1865. Unattached, 4th Division, 20th Army Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to March, 1865. 2nd Brigade, Defences Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, Dept. Cumberland, to April, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Sub-District, District of Middle Tennessee, to June, 1865.

SERVICE.-Companies "A," "C" and "H" moved to Sturgeon, Mo., September 23, 1864. Garrison duty there and at Columbia till November. RegIment assigned to guard duty on line of the Northern Missouri and Hannibal & St. Joseph Rallroad, till November 10. Moved to St, Louis, Mo., November 12-13, thence to Paducah, Ky., November 29-December 2. To Clarksville and Fort Donelson, Tenn., December 3-6, and duty there till December 30. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., December 30-31, thence to Tullahoma, Tenn., January 2-3, 1865, and duty there till March, operatIng against guerrillas in Southern Tennessee and Northern Alabama. Action at Corn's Farm, Franklin County, Tenn., February 6. Garrison duty at Shelbyville, Tenn., till June 23. Moved to Nashville, Tena., June 23. Mustered out Companies "H," "I" and "K" March 22, 1865; Regiment June 28, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 6 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 124 Enlisted men by disease. Total 134.


Source of Data: "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, V.III" by Frederick H. Dyer, c1908, p.1337

• Physical Description: being 5 feet 7 ½ inches tall and weighed 136 pounds. He had gray eyes, Auburn hair and a sandy comp.

• AKA: Chas.

• Sold: religious books. ² Charles Roberts rode around Cortland in a horse and buggy selling religious books. Ethel Stanley remembers her parents buying the "Life of Christ from Him".

• lived: Bennett, Nebraska, 1868. ² He homesteaded in Bennett, Nebraska, Lancaster County in 1868.

Charles married Malinda Sophia Hall, daughter of Jarvitis Hall and Laura A. Cross, on 16 Oct 1862 in Unionville, Putman County, Missouri.² (Malinda Sophia Hall was born on 24 Jul 1842 in Little Orleans, IN and died on 15 Dec 1912 in College View, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska.)

  Marriage Notes:

Malinda Hall and Charles Roberts were married in Unionville, Putman County Missouri. (Jacob Wolf esquire on file at the county clerks office in Putman County, Missouri.)