Albright, Charles
lawyer, soldier, congressman, was born Dec. 13, 1830, in Berks county, Pa. He was 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 was a delegate to the republican national convention; entered the army in 1862; commissioned colonel, commanding the third was was brigade at Chancellorsville, and placed in command at Camp Muhlenburg, Pa., to organize troops. In July he 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, and in March, 1865, was promoted to brevet brigadier-general of volunteers.
After the war he was sent to the command of the Lehigh military district to pacify tumults in the mining regions; in 1865 was mustered out of service, and in 1872 was a delegate to the republican national convention at Philadelphia. He was elected to the forty-third congress.