Background
Bonesteel, Charles Hartwell was born on April 9, 1885 in Fort Sidney, Nebraska, United States. Son of Charles Hartwell and Mary (Greene) Bonesteel.
Bonesteel, Charles Hartwell was born on April 9, 1885 in Fort Sidney, Nebraska, United States. Son of Charles Hartwell and Mary (Greene) Bonesteel.
Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1908. Postgraduate Infantry School, 1924-1925, Command and General staff schedul, 1925-1926, Army War College, 1931-1932.
Cadet United States Military Academy, 1904. Second in command Lieutenant infantry, 1908, First lieutenant, 1914, captain, 1916, major, 1922, lieutenant colonel, 1932, colonel, 1937, brigadier general United States Army, 1940, major general, 1946. Commander United States troops in Iceland, 1941-1943.
Retired, 1947.
Married Caroline Standish Hudson, December 29, 1908. Children: Charles Hartwell III, Eleanor Mead (Mistress North. O. Ohman).