| Name |
Charles E. Biedler |
| Unit of Confederate Service |
Company C, 43rd Battalion (Mosby's Rangers), Virginia Cavalry |
| Birth |
19 Nov 1847, "Page View", Page Co., VA |
| Death |
08 Nov 1926, Baltimore, Md. |
| Burial |
Green Hill Cemetery, Luray, Va. |
| Occupation |
wholesale shoe business (postwar) |
| Father |
Ambrose Milton Biedler |
| Mother |
Sarah Ann Keyser |
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RESIDENCES: A pre-war (1850/1860) resident of Leaksville, District #2, Page Co., Va. Resided in 1870 in Springfield, Page Co., Va.
RECORD OF SERVICE: Joined the 43rd Bttn. Va. Cavalry Aug 1863. Involved in the 17 Dec 1864 fight between Millwood and Berry's Ferry in Clarke County.
No further record.
POSTWAR INFORMATION: Engaged in farming in Culpeper County. Moved to Baltimore, Md. in 1870 where he engaged in the wholesale shoe business
with brother Andrew J. Biedler (also of Co. C, 43rd Bttn. Va. Cav.). Lived at 104 Hopkins Place, Baltimore, Md. in 1909. Member of the John
Singleton Mosby Camp, United Confederate Veterans #821 in Baltimore, Md. Also a member of the Rosser-Gibbons Camp, UCV. Attended the 1895
reunion of the 43rd Bttn. Va. Cav. in Marshall, Va.; the 1905 reunion in Fredericksburg, Va.; the 1920 reunion in Culpeper, Va.; and the
1925 reunion in Front Royal, Va. Also a brother of William T. Biedler (also of Co. C, 43rd Bttn. Va. Cav.)
OBITUARY from Confederate Veteran Magazine 1926:
Charles E. Biedler died in Baltimore, Md., on October 11, 1926. he was a native of Page County, Va., and only recently sold his home in Luray with the intention of making his home with his daughter, Mrs. Charles Caldwell, in Mount Vernon, N.Y., his wife having died some years ago. While on his way to his daughter's home, he stopped over a few days with friends in Baltimore, where he became ill. His body was sent to Luray and interred by the side of his wife. A few of the reamining of Rosser-Gibbons Camp, U.C.V., were in attendance and placed a Confederate flag on his grave.
Charles Biedler was born November 9, 1847, and in his teens served with Mosby's Rangers. At one time, while guarding a squad of Federal prisoners in a barn, he, singlehanded, foiled their attempted escape. One of the prisoners, whose life Mr. Biedler spared, presented his youthful captor with a golden trinket as a mark of gratitude, and he had this gift fashioned into his wife's wedding ring.
Comrade Biedler was for a number of years Commander of Rosser-Gibbons Camp, No. 89 U.C.V., and was holding that office at the time of his death. Only eight members of the Camp are left.
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