Albright, Charles. Born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, December 13, 1830; educated at Dickinson College; studied law, and came to the bar in 1852; in 1854 he visited Kansas, and in 1856 returned to Pennsylvania; in 1860 he was a Delegate to the Republican National Convention; entered the Army in 1862: was commissioned Colonel, commanding the Third Brigade, at Chancellorsville; was placed in command of Camp Muhlenburg, Pennsylvania, to organize troops; in July was sent to Philadelphia to assist in the draft; in September, 1864, was assigned to an independent command to protect Railroads and the outer defenses of Washington; in March, 1865, was promoted to brevet Brigadier-General of volunteers; after the war, sent to the command of the Lehigh military district, to pacify tumults in the mining regions; in 1865, mustered out of service; in 1872, was a Delegate to the Republican National Convention at Philadelphia, and elected to the Forty-third Congress, serving on the Committee on Military Affairs.
Lanman, Charles. Biographical Annals of the Civil Government of the United States During Its First Century: From Original and Official Sources. Washington: James Anglim, Publisher, 1876, p. 3.
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