Corporal Charles Oursler was born September 2, 1841. He enlisted on August 21, 1861 in Company B of the First Maryland Infantry Regiment, Potomac Home Brigade, also known as the 13th Maryland Infantry regiment.
He was mustered in on September 6, 1861 at Frederick, Maryland. Appointed a Corporal on February 1, 1862 he died on September 13, 1862 of a gunshot wound he received the previous day while fighting at Maryland Heights, during the Battle of Harper’s Ferry, prior to the Battle of Antietam which took place on September 17, 1862.
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