USMA Class of 1867. Cullum No. 2170.
He was the son of Judge Charles Shaler and Mary Riddle Shaler.
On October 11, 1870 he married Laura Mitchell at Rock Island, Illinois.
She died in 1877 at San Antonio, Texas.
They were the parents of Charles Shaler Jr. who died age age 30 at Indianapolis Arsenal.
On April 27, 1896, he married Florence Stidham of Washington, D.C.
They were the parents of two children: Harrison Shaler and Florence Eleanor Shaler.
The Washington Post March 30, 1915
Rites for Brig. Gen. Shaler
Retired Army Officer Is Buried at Arlington With Military Honors
With military honors the body of Brigadier General Charles Shaler, United States Army, retired, who died several days ago at his home in Indianapolis was buried yesterday at Arlington National Cemetery. The funeral party, which reached Washington in the early afternoon, was met at the entrance to the reservation by a military escort.
General Shaler was a native of Pennsylvania. He served as a Sergeant in the Twelfth Pennsylvanian Volunteer Infantry in the early part of the Civil War and later in the war was appointed to the Military Academy at West Point, from which he was graduated in 1867. He served first in the artillery and was then transferred to the Ordnance Department where he served until 1905 when he was retired at his own request. He was stationed at the War Department for many years.
He was the son of Judge Charles Shaler and Mary Riddle Shaler.
On October 11, 1870 he married Laura Mitchell at Rock Island, Illinois.
She died in 1877 at San Antonio, Texas.
They were the parents of Charles Shaler Jr. who died age age 30 at Indianapolis Arsenal.
On April 27, 1896, he married Florence Stidham of Washington, D.C.
They were the parents of two children: Harrison Shaler and Florence Eleanor Shaler.
The Washington Post March 30, 1915
Rites for Brig. Gen. Shaler
Retired Army Officer Is Buried at Arlington With Military Honors
With military honors the body of Brigadier General Charles Shaler, United States Army, retired, who died several days ago at his home in Indianapolis was buried yesterday at Arlington National Cemetery. The funeral party, which reached Washington in the early afternoon, was met at the entrance to the reservation by a military escort.
General Shaler was a native of Pennsylvania. He served as a Sergeant in the Twelfth Pennsylvanian Volunteer Infantry in the early part of the Civil War and later in the war was appointed to the Military Academy at West Point, from which he was graduated in 1867. He served first in the artillery and was then transferred to the Ordnance Department where he served until 1905 when he was retired at his own request. He was stationed at the War Department for many years.
USMA Class of 1867. Cullum No. 2170.
He was the son of Judge Charles Shaler and Mary Riddle Shaler.
On October 11, 1870 he married Laura Mitchell at Rock Island, Illinois.
She died in 1877 at San Antonio, Texas.
They were the parents of Charles Shaler Jr. who died age age 30 at Indianapolis Arsenal.
On April 27, 1896, he married Florence Stidham of Washington, D.C.
They were the parents of two children: Harrison Shaler and Florence Eleanor Shaler.
The Washington Post March 30, 1915
Rites for Brig. Gen. Shaler
Retired Army Officer Is Buried at Arlington With Military Honors
With military honors the body of Brigadier General Charles Shaler, United States Army, retired, who died several days ago at his home in Indianapolis was buried yesterday at Arlington National Cemetery. The funeral party, which reached Washington in the early afternoon, was met at the entrance to the reservation by a military escort.
General Shaler was a native of Pennsylvania. He served as a Sergeant in the Twelfth Pennsylvanian Volunteer Infantry in the early part of the Civil War and later in the war was appointed to the Military Academy at West Point, from which he was graduated in 1867. He served first in the artillery and was then transferred to the Ordnance Department where he served until 1905 when he was retired at his own request. He was stationed at the War Department for many years.
He was the son of Judge Charles Shaler and Mary Riddle Shaler.
On October 11, 1870 he married Laura Mitchell at Rock Island, Illinois.
She died in 1877 at San Antonio, Texas.
They were the parents of Charles Shaler Jr. who died age age 30 at Indianapolis Arsenal.
On April 27, 1896, he married Florence Stidham of Washington, D.C.
They were the parents of two children: Harrison Shaler and Florence Eleanor Shaler.
The Washington Post March 30, 1915
Rites for Brig. Gen. Shaler
Retired Army Officer Is Buried at Arlington With Military Honors
With military honors the body of Brigadier General Charles Shaler, United States Army, retired, who died several days ago at his home in Indianapolis was buried yesterday at Arlington National Cemetery. The funeral party, which reached Washington in the early afternoon, was met at the entrance to the reservation by a military escort.
General Shaler was a native of Pennsylvania. He served as a Sergeant in the Twelfth Pennsylvanian Volunteer Infantry in the early part of the Civil War and later in the war was appointed to the Military Academy at West Point, from which he was graduated in 1867. He served first in the artillery and was then transferred to the Ordnance Department where he served until 1905 when he was retired at his own request. He was stationed at the War Department for many years.
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