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Charles mattocks personal biography
Charles Mattocks
American soldier, lawyer and politician (1840–1910)
Charles Porter Mattocks (October 11, 1840 – May 16, 1910) was a colonel in the Union Army who received the Medal of Honor.
He was born in Danville, Vermont, and served in the 17th Maine Infantry during the American Civil War. He was captured and interned as a prisoner of war for nine months. Later, he commanded the Maine State Militia and served as a brigadier general during the Spanish–American War.
He was elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 1880, was a county attorney for Cumberland County, Maine, and argued a case before the Supreme Court.
Early life and family
Mattocks was born in Danville, Vermont, on October 11, 1840, as the only son of Henry Mattocks and Martha Osgood Porter Mattocks.[1]: 44 [2][3] His father Henry was born in Middlebury, Vermont, on December 12, 1805, and worked as a merchant and banker for most of his life, including a