Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Thomas Charles MARSHALL
Charles Marshall, Robert E. Lee's military secretary throughout the Civil War. Charles Marshall and Robert E. Lee are the only 2 Confederate officers depicted in the famous painting of the surrender at Appomatox Courthouse.
He was graduated from the University of Virginia A.B., 1846, A.M., 1849; was professor of mathematics at the University of Indiana, 1849-52; studied law, and began practice in Baltimore, Md. He returned to Vienna in 1861, joined the Confederate army, 1862, and served on the personal staff of Gen. Robert E. Lee as assistant adjutant and inspector-general with the rank of 1st lieutenant. He was appointed major and aide-de-camp to General Lee and served with him in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1862-65. He attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and with Gen. Horace Porter he arranged the terms of the surrender of the Confederate army at Appomattox. He prepared a general order containing General Lee's farewell address to his army. He practical law in Baltimore, 1865-1902, and wrote a life of Gen. Robert E. Lee.
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