Charles B. Darling was a Union soldier from Warsaw, Wyoming County, New York. He served as a private and sergeant (became commissary sergeant September 1863) in Company D, 130th New York Infantry Regiment, January 1862-October 1864. The 130th New York Regiment was organized in Portage, New York in September 1862. The regiment went to Suffolk, Virginia a few days after its organization and remained in this area until May 1863. Subsequently, it went to Franklin, Virginia and to the Virginia Peninsula. In September, it went to Shenandoah Valley to serve with Philip Henry Sheridan. The designation of regiment was changed on August 11, 1863 to 19th New York Cavalry and on September 10, 1863 to 1st New York Dragoons. Charles B. Darling died of disease at Camp Russell, Winchester, Virginia on December 14, 1864. His father, J.M. Darling, who after February 1863 held a position in Washington, D. C. in the Internal Revenue Department, went to Winchester to return his body to Warsaw.
From the description of Charles B. Darling correspondence, 1861-1864 [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84246447
