Charles Sidney Winder

1829–1862 (age 33)

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Photograph of Charles Sidney Winder

Biography

Charles Sidney Winder (1829–1862) was a young man whose life was cut short during the Civil War, a conflict that claimed countless lives and forever altered the nation's trajectory. His brief years were lived during one of America's most consequential periods.

Winder's memory is preserved at Wye House, a place that honors those who lived during the turbulent mid-nineteenth century and the great struggle that defined their era.