Sergeant Charles Veale (Civil War) is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/hampton.asp. Charles Veale was born in 1838 at Portsmouth, Virginia. He enlisted in Company D, 4th Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) in 1863 and served under General Benjamin Butler. He received the Medal of Honor for bravery during the Battle of Chaffin's Farm (Fort Harrison, Virginia) on September 29, 1864. Veale was wounded at Fort Fisher, North Carolina, in 1865 and he mustered out in May 1866. Veale's health was compromised, and in 1872 General Butler helped admit him to the Southern Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Hampton. Sergeant Veale died of chronic bronchitis on July 27, 1872.
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