Charles S. Lovell

Charles Swain Lovell (1811–1871) was an American military officer and Brevet Brigadier General who commanded a brigade during several major battles of the American Civil War.

Biography Lovell was born on February 13, 1811, in Hull, Massachusetts. He would enter military service in January 1831 by enlisting as a private in the 2nd United States Artillery Regiment. Lovell would go on to serve in various garrisons, rising to quartermaster-sergeant and then sergeant-major; and in October 1837 he was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant. In July 1838 he was promoted to 1st Lieutenant. Lovell saw combat at the Battle of Gaines' Mill and the subsequent fighting at the Battle of Malvern Hill, during the Peninsula Campaign. and the Battle of Fredericksburg.

For the rest of the war, from 1863 to 1865, he was on provost-marshal duty in Wisconsin. He also was transferred and promoted to lieutenant-colonel of the 18th Infantry Regiment on January 21, 1863, and to Colonel of the 14th Infantry Regiment on February 16, 1865. On March 13, 1865, he was Brevetted Brigadier General for "gallant service at the Battle of Antietam".

Later years After the American Civil War ended, he was stationed along with his regiment at Fort Yuma, California, and on December 15, 1870, he submitted his retirement. He remained at Louisville, Kentucky until dying from a heart attack on January 3, 1871.