Holman S. Melcher
Holman Staples Melcher was an American Union Army officer, politician, and businessman. He served two oneyear terms as the Mayor of Portland, Maine from 1889 to 1890. He served as a highly respected Union officer, reaching the ranks of Lieutenant, Captain, Major, and eventually was appointed as Brevet Major. He mostly known for his part in the bayonet charge at Little Round Top that helped repulse the Confederate attack, as he was the first one to physically engage.
Melcher was born in the small town of Topsham, Maine, on June 30, 1841. He was born to James and Nancy Melcher. His father was a native of Brunswick, Maine and his mother was the daughter of Captain Nehemiah Curtis of Harpswell, Maine, who traces his linage to colonizing New Englanders. As a young boy Holman Melcher worked on his family farm with his brother, Nathaniel, and his sister, Mary. He initially began schooling in towns near Topsham, in a small school district. After graduating from secondary school he enrolled at Bates College , at age fifteen. He was enrolled at the institution from 1858 to 1862, in Lewiston, Maine.
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