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Charles Berry Senior was born in England in 1845, and moved to the United States, near Rock Falls, Iowa, when he was 12 years old. At the age of 19, he enlisted in the Seventh Iowa Infantry, at Plymouth, Iowa, in February of 1864. Charles remained in service for a year and a half, participating in General Sherman's four month campaign against Atlanta in the summer of 1864. As part of the Western Army, Charles fought in a total of twelve battles, including engagements at Reseca, Lays Ferry, Rome Crossroads, Kenesaw Mountain, Dallas, Knick Jack Gap, one battle near Atlanta, plus a five week siege of Atlanta, Jonesboro, Allatoona, Marietta, Savannah, Columbia and Bentonville.

In the summer of 1865, Charles was discharged and mustered out on July 14, near Louisville, Kentucky. From there he was sent to Davenport, Iowa, and then returned home to a farm near Rock Falls, Iowa.

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