Olmstead, Charles H.

Charles Hart Olmstead (1837-1926), of Savannah, Ga., was a Confederate Army officer and member of the 1st Georgia Infantry Regiment. Olmstead was adjutant of the 1st Georgia Volunteer Regiment and, under the command of Colonel A. R. Lawton, took part in the occupation of Fort Pulaski, Ga., at the mouth of the Savannah River. When Colonel Lawton was sent to Virginia as general, Olmstead was made colonel of the 1st Georgia Regiment and remained at Fort Pulaski until he was forced to surrender. Olmstead was imprisoned at Fort Columbus, N.Y., after the surrender of Fort Pulaski. In 1863 he was at Fort Johnson on James Island, S.C., and in 1864-1865 was with troops in North Georgia.

Charles H. Olmstead (1837-1926) was adjutant of the 1st Georgia Volunteer Regiment. Under the command of Colonel A.R. Lawton, Olmstead took part in the occupation of Fort Pulaski at the mouth of the Savannah River. When Col. Lawton was sent to Virginia as general, Olmstead was made colonel of the 1st Georgia Regiment and remained at Fort Pulaski until he was forced to surrender. In 1863, he was at Fort Johnson on James Island, South Carolina, and in 1864-1865 he was with troops in northern Georgia.

Charles Hart Olmstead (1837-1926), commission merchant and banker, Col. of the 1st (Olmstead's) Georgia Infantry Regiment in command of Ft. Pulaski at the time of its surrender to the Union Army in April 1862.

Charles Hart Olmstead (1837-1926), commission merchant and banker, Colonel of the 1st Georgia Infantry Regiment in command of Ft. Pulaski at the time of its surrender to the Union Army in April 1862.

Charles Hart Olmstead (1837-1926), commission merchant and banker, Col. of the 1st (Olmstead's) Infantry Regiment in command of Ft. Pulaski at the time of its surrender to the Union Army in April 1862.

Charles Hart Olmstead (1837-1926), was a Confederate Army officer and member of the 1st Georgia Infantry Regiment.

Charles Hart Olmstead (1837-1926) was born in Savannah, the son of Jonathan Olmstead (1798-1854) and Eliza (Hart) Olmstead (1802-1881). He was educated in private schools in Savannah and at the Georgia Military Institute, Marietta, Ga., where he graduated in 1856. At the outbreak of the Civil War he, as Adjutant of the 1st Ga. Vol. Regt., was ordered to seize Fort Pulaski in January, 1861. He was Colonel in command of the Fort on its surrender to Federal forces in April 1862. He was taken prisoner, sent first to Governors Island, N.Y. then to Johnsons Island, Ohio. He was exchanged in Vicksburg, Miss., and again served with Confederate forces in and around Charleston, S.C. and Savannah. He assumed command of the 3rd Military District of S.C., but was soon ordered to take command of the 1st Ga. vol. Regt, which joined the Army of Tennessee for the remainder of the War. In addition to his "Memoirs" and articles on the Civil War, Olmstead wrote a book and articles on Savannah history.