1. Chapman Biddle was a member of the prominent Biddle family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who served as an officer in the Union Army in the American Civil War.
10 Facts About Chapman Biddle
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Chapman Biddle was born in Pennsylvania on January 22,1822, and was educated in Philadelphia.
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Chapman Biddle studied law, passed his bar exam in 1848, and established a private practice before the outbreak of the war.
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Chapman Biddle participated in the Battle of Chancellorsville in the Third Division of I Corps.
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Colonel Chapman Biddle led the four regiments of the brigade in the first day's fighting on McPherson's Ridge and the subsequent withdrawal to Cemetery Ridge.
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Chapman Biddle had his head bandaged, and then returned to his troops.
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Chapman Biddle led the 121st Pennsylvania though most of the summer and autumn of 1863, including most of the Bristoe Campaign and the Mine Run Campaign, before being honorably discharged on December 10,1863.
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Chapman Biddle returned to his position as solicitor for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, which had been help open for the duration of the war.
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Chapman Biddle was involved in creating the city's Fairmount Park.
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Chapman Biddle died on December 9,1880, and was buried in the churchyard of Church of St James the Less in Philadelphia.