branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance placeofburial_label battles birth_date placeofburial rank article_title name
union army philadelphia , pennsylvania 24 december 1885 burlington county , new jersey united states of america union place of burial american civil war 17 february 1834 harleigh cemetery , camden , new jersey brevet , brigadier general george c. burling
 george childs burling
george c. burling

george childs burling -lrb- february 17 , 1834 -- december 24 , 1885 -rrb- was a united states union army officer during the american civil war , serving mostly as colonel and commander of the 6th new jersey volunteer infantry .
burling was born in burlington county , new jersey , raised on his father 's farm and educated at a private school in norristown , pennsylvania .
he was a coal merchant and a militia officer before the war .
burling 's militia company was mustered into the volunteer service for a three-month term in july 1861 , but it became company f of the 6th new jersey with a three-year enlistment on september 9 , 1861 .
burling became the regiment 's major on march 19 , 1862 and lieutenant colonel on may 7 of that year .
burling was wounded at the second battle of bull run in august 1862 .
when colonel gershom mott , commander of the 6th new jersey , became a general , burling was promoted to colonel .
burling commanded the regiment at the battle of chancellorsville , where he was wounded .
his most notable service was as commander of his brigade -lrb- once known as the `` second new jersey brigade '' of iii corps -lrb- acw -rrb- but reorganized to include troops from other states -rrb- at the july 1863 battle of gettysburg , pennsylvania .
his brigade was in reserve at the beginning of the second day 's fighting on the left flank of the army of the potomac , but regiments were moved about separately as higher commanders saw fit .
one regiment , 6th new jersey , fought near devil 's den .
8th new jersey and 115th pennsylvania fought in the wheatfield .
7th new jersey and 2nd new hampshire supported artillery deployed at the peach orchard .
5th new jersey was on the emmitsburg road .
the brigade entered the battle with an estimated 1,396 troops and lost , according to burling , 513 officers and men .
burling resigned march 4 , 1864 because of ill health .
he was awarded the brevet promotion to brigadier general , united states volunteers on march 13 , 1865 , for `` gallant and meritorious services in the battle of gettysburg , pa. '' burling married in october 1862 .
after the war , he and his wife lived on a farm outside philadelphia , pennsylvania .
burling was employed for a time by the pennsylvania railroad and died at his home in philadelphia of pulmonary cancer two decades after the war ended .
he is buried in harleigh cemetery , camden , new jersey , in the trinity section , lot 118 .
he is one of three civil war union brevet generals interred in the cemetery , along with colonel william joyce sewell of the 5th new jersey volunteer infantry and colonel timothy c. moore of the 34th new jersey volunteer infantry .
