Samuel C. Armstrong
| Samuel Chapman Armstrong | |
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Samuel C. Armstrong
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| Born |
January 30, 1839 Wailuku, Maui, Kingdom of Hawaiʻi |
| Died | May 11, 1893 (aged 54) Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia |
| Place of burial | Hampton Institute school cemetery, Hampton, Virginia |
| Allegiance |
United States of America Union |
| Service/branch | Union Army |
| Years of service | 1862 - 1865 |
| Rank |
 Colonel Bvt. Brigadier General
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| Unit |
125th New York Infantry Regiment 9th U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment |
| Commands held | 8th U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
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Samuel Chapman Armstrong (January 30, 1839 – May 11, 1893) was an American educator and a commissioned officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He is best remembered for his work after the war as the founder and first principal of the normal school which is now Hampton University.
The son of missionary Richard Armstrong (1805–1860), Armstrong was born in Wailuku, Maui, Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, the sixth of ten children. He attended Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. In 1860, his father suddenly died, and Armstrong, at the age of 21, left Hawaiʻi for the United States and attended Williams College in Massachusetts, graduating in 1862.
At the time Armstrong completed college, the United States was engaged in the American Civil War. After graduating, Armstrong volunteered to serve in the Union Army, and recruited a company near Troy, New York. He was appointed a captain in the 125th New York Infantry, a three-years regiment in George L. Willard's brigade. Armstrong was among the 12,000 men captured in September 1862 with the surrender of the garrison at Harpers Ferry. After being paroled, he returned to the front lines in Virginia in December. As part of the 3rd Division of the II Corps under Alexander Hays Armstrong fought at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, defending Cemetery Ridge against Pickett's Charge.
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