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HARDWOOD RECORD 



February 10, 1919 



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Chicago Loses Interesting Character 



With the sudden death of Charles P.. Flinu, the lumber trade of Chicago 

 has lost one of its most virile, interesting and useful members. Mr. ninn 

 was seventy-two years of age when he died, and was in the harness every 

 minute. As a matter of fact, it was a curious coincidence that just five 

 minutes prior to his sudden passing away at his desk he had expressed 

 to his partner the wish that he might stay in harness up to the end and 

 die at his desk. He had hardly ceased talking and taken up his routine 

 work when his wish was granted. Mr. Flinn had just the day before been 

 elected by the board of directors of the Lumbermen's Association of 

 Chicago to the presidency of that important body. 



He had been associated with the lumber business in this city since 1S68, 

 at which date he came here from Maine at the close of the Civil war. He 

 had always been considered one of the mainstays of association work and 

 particularly during the period of the war when the Chicago association 

 was so active in war endeavors. Mr. Flinn is deserving of a good share 

 of the credit for the remarkable record made by the Chicago lumber 

 fraternity. His success is this work covered subscriptions to the various 

 war causes and was due to the unquestionable patriotism that inspired 

 him to devote practically all of his time to it. Himself a veteran of the 

 Civil war, he expressed himself as feeling that as he was unable to take 

 up active service he could best express his feeling by "carrying on" behind 

 the lines. 



Mr. Flinn's personality was very vivid and his character was such that 

 he held the cordial respect, esteem and affection of everyone in the industry. 



Funeral services were held in the chapel of Oakwoods Cemetery, there 

 being a large delegation of local lumbermen present. Services were In 

 charge of Rev. Erwin Thompson and of Mr. Flinn's comrades of the Phil 

 Sheridan Post of the G. A. R. of Oak Park. The services were held accord- 

 ing to the G. A. R. ritual. 



During the services, Mr. Flinn's war record, as prepared several years 

 ago for the benefit of his sons, was read. It makes a most interesting 

 recital as follows : 



My Dear Son : I enlisted in Bangor, Me., in September^ 1863, at the 

 age of 16. I was sent as a recruit to the 19th Maine regiment. This regi- 

 ment was then serving in the second army corps of the army of the 

 Potomac. I went from Bangor by boat all the way to Alexandria, Va. 

 There I rode on the flat cars loaded with hay and grain — the first ride 

 I ever had on a railroad — and joined my regiment at Culpeper, Va. 



The regiment was lying in the field without tents ; in fact, the whole 

 army was In this condition at the time I joined. I slept in the open field 

 under a blanket the first night and for many nights afterward before I 

 had the luxury even of a small tent. The army started moving the day 

 I joined the company and was on the move most of the time tor two 

 months, with very bad weather prevailing In October and November of '63. 

 Three weeks from the day I left Bangor I was in the battle of Bristo 



Station. At the beginning of the winter of 'G3 and '6-1 — after the armv 

 had made its celebrated raid to Mine Run in the rain and mud — we went 

 into winter quarters. There I bad a sick spoil for about three weeks but 

 did not leave the regimental hospital. 



I served part of the winter of '63 and '64 in the provost guard. In the 

 meantime, for some reason or other, the captain made me a corporal. 

 The second day of May, 1864, the army moved across the Rapidan River, 

 a small stream in Virginia, into the country where the Battle of the Wil- 

 derness was fought. On May 3 the company I was in had about one-halt 

 of its men killed and wounded and taken prisoners in a battle. Then the 

 army moved by the left flank to Spottsylvania and fought there for twelve 

 days ; then another flank movement from the left took them to Cold Harbor. 

 We were there for twelve days. Here I was in the celebrated charge of 

 Gibbons' division, General Gibbons being our division commander. This 

 charge is said by some authors to be equal to General Pickett's charge at 

 Gettysburg. 



Being unable to break General Lee's lines at either the Wilderness, 

 Spottsylvania or Cold Harbor, our army took another flank movement by the 

 left across the James River and marched for Petersburg. And history tells 

 us that when we arrived at Petersburg we might have captured the town, 

 but we waited two days for Lee's army to get around and confront us 

 again and then you know from history that the siege of Petersburg waged 

 for about ten months and the works were never taken by assault ; but 

 Grant increased his army and continued to move by the left flank and the 

 enemy had to retreat. The movement on the left was continued and when 

 General Lee's army surrendered the.v were marching directly west. The 

 army of the Potomac had succeeded in cutting off their southern retreat. 



I was slightly wounded at Petersburg, June 28, 1864, and was away for a 

 few weeks, returning to the company and being made sergeant, never leav- 

 ing it after that until Lee surrendered at Appomattox. After the surrender 

 we marched back to Washington. On that march we made twenty miles 

 a day. The roads were in fine condition and happier men never marched, 

 as every step took them nearer home. I marched in the grand review with- 

 the army of the Potomac down Pennsylvania avenue. After this review 

 the regiment was mustered out so all of the early enlisted tnen in my regi- 

 ment went home. The recruits of my regiment and those of several other 

 Maine regiments were assembled and consolidated into the 1st Maine Heavy 

 Artillery. 



I served in this regiment — Company K — during the summer of '65 doing 

 all kinds of soldier's work around the city of Washington. In September, 

 1865, we were ordered to Bangor, Me., and mustered out, I having served 

 just two years. 



I write this to you thinking, perhaps, if anyone should ask you where 

 your father served and in what regiment you would not be able to tell 

 them. If you will be kind enough to keep this you will always have some- 

 thing to refer to should you wish to do so. 



The eulogy in behalf of the Chicago association was delivered by Col. 

 Henry Stephens, lifelong friend of Mr. Flinn. In closing his remarks Mr. 

 Stephens said : 



The life's work of Comrade Flinn will endure as a monument to his 

 name : a heritage to those who are left here to mourn his loss, while 

 cherishing the recollection of his generous and kindly deeds. 



Faithful in hi.s boyhood, firm in his service wherever duty called, fidelity 

 marking every footstep throughout his long business career, devoted hus- 

 band, fond father, genial friend and comrade, we bid him farewell. 



