Charles Wesley Kitchel

Charles Wesley Kitchel, b. Mar. 1, 1840. Present address De Soto, Iowa, m. Sept. 29, 1867, at Palmyra, Iowa, to Mary Morris, dau. John and Eliza Morris, d. Dec. 1909 at De Soto, C. W. Kitchell enlisted at Indianola, Iowa, in Co. G, 15th Iowa Vol. Inf., Romulus Hanks, Captain, Oct. 19, 1861, to serve three years or until the close of the Civil war. Discharged Dec. 6, 1863, by reason of re-enlistment as Veteran Volunteer, as 1st sergeant, under Capt. Edw. P. Byce, Co. G. 15th Iowa, Vol. Inf., to serve three years or until end of the war Discharged July 24, 1865, at Louisville, Ky., by reason of General Order No. 26. He served under Generals McPherson and O. O. Howard, 3d Brigade, 4th Division, 17th Corps. General Crocker, Brigade Commander, General W. T. Sherman commanding army of Tennessee. He took part in all the battles in which his regiment was engaged. Among them Shiloh, Corinth, Siege of Vicksburg, Lookout Mountain, Atlanta Campaign, Sherman's March to the Sea, Surrender of Johnston and Grand Review at Washington. He was wounded twice in battle. He is a farmer and has lived principally at Palmyra, Winterset and De Soto, Iowa. His four sons average 200 pounds. John and Robert being slightly in excess of that mark while James and Herbert only weigh 195 and 197.

SOURCE: George Chalmers McCormick, John Kitchel And Esther Peck: Their Ancestors, Descendants And Some Kindred Families, p. 34-5