In the 1870 Census, five years after his diary ended—and the end of the Civil War—, Charles Lynch lived in Hartford, Connecticut at the home of his in-laws, Horace and Frances Cooley. He worked as a boiler and steam system stationary engineer. He had married the Cooley’s daughter, Frances Elizabeth, 19 years old in the 1870 census, with a son who was born in September, 1869. They two had three children, one of them dying at the age of ten. Frances died May 5, 1920. A daughter, also Frances (Fannie), was living with her Charles in the 1920 census. Charles died on July 29, 1924, still working as a stationary engineer.
From the end of Lynch’s book, The Civil War Diary, 1862-1865, of Charles H. Lynch, 18th Conn. Vol’s, printed privately in 1915:
I served with the 3d Corps, Army of the Potomac, in the campaign in western Maryland, following the battle of Gettysburg, up to July 20th,1863.
| Membership in our company, C, on leaving home for the war | 98 |
| Recruits added | 22 ___ |
| Total | 120 |
| Killed in battle, died from wounds and disease and in rebel prison | 20 |
| Wounded | 30 |
| In prison during our service | 80 |
Some were taken prisoner twice. A few members were held prisoners for two years and died in Andersonville.
Passed through the following battles and skirmishes.
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1863 |
| June | 13, 14., 15, Winchester, Va. |
| 15, Summit Point, Va. | |
| 16, Carter’s Farm, near Winchester, Va. | |
| July | Boonsborough, Md. |
| Falling Waters, Va. | |
| 1864 | |
| May……. | 15, New Market, Va. |
| June | 3, Harrisonburg, Va. |
| 5, Piedmont, Va. | |
| 5, Mt. Crawford, Va. | |
| 11, Lexington, Va. | |
| 14., Buchanan, Va. | |
| 15, Liberty, Va. | |
| 17, Quaker Church, Va., near Lynchburg. | |
| 18, Lynchburg, Va. | |
| 21, Salem, Va. | |
| July | 10, Hedgersville, Va. |
| 18, Snickers Ford, Va. | |
| 23, Kearnstown, Va. | |
| 24, Kearnstown, Va. | |
| 24., Winchester, Va. | |
| 25, Martinsburg, Va. | |
| August | 11, Stoney Point, Va. |
| 12, Middletown, Va. | |
| 12, Cedar Creek, Va. | |
| 13, Hupp’s Hill, Va. | |
| 21, Opequon, Va. | |
| 21, Smith?eld, Va. | |
| 22, Charlestown, Va. | |
| 22-26, Halltown, Va. | |
| September 3, Berryville, Va. Our last real battle. | |
During the campaign of 1864., from May 1st to November 1st, the 18th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, are credited with having marched over thirteen hundred miles, and I marched every step of it. Did not lose an hour’s duty.