Attached below are two obituaries and a biographical profile from The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record.
From the Friday June 23, 1905 New York Times:
GEN. W. C. DARLING DEAD
He served on Gen. Butler's staff – was honored for historical work.
Special to the New York Times
Asbury Park, June 22 – Gen. Charles William Darling of Utica, N. Y., died early this morning at his Summer home in Fifth Avenue. He was stricken with apoplexy on Sunday and never regained consciousness. He leaves no immediate family.
Gen. Darling was born in New Haven, Conn., in 1830. He became a member of the military cabinet of Gov. E. D. Morgan of New York, and later acted as aide to Gen. Benjamin F. Butler in the civil war. At one time he was military engineer in chief of New York, and was in charge of the enlistment of volunteers from that State during the civil war.
At the close of the war Gen. Darling made a tour of the world. When the Egyptian Exploration Company was delving into the history and archaeology of Egypt Gen. Darling acted as Secretary of the fund provided for the work. He wrote many papers and volumes of historical matter. For the gratuitous services rendered in historical literature he was decorated by the London Society of Science, Letters, and Art. In his collection is a very full set of early translations of the Bible.
Gen. Darling was for several years the President of the Utica Young Men's Christian Association.
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The following was published in the June 23, 1905 New York Tribune:
GENERAL CHARLES W. DARLING
Asbury Park, N.J., June 22 (Special)
Brigadier General Charles William Darling of Utica, New York, died this morning at the Fifth Avenue House, where, since Sunday, when he was stricken with apoplexy, he lay unconscious.
General Darling was born in New Haven, Conn., in 1830. He was educated at New-York University. He was at one time a member of the military cabinet of Governor E. D. Morgan of New-York. Later he acted as aid with General Benjamin F. Butler. At another time he was military engineer in chief of New-York, and had full charge of the enlistment of volunteers from that State in the Civil War. Several years of his life he spent in travel, covering most of the globe. He wrote many papers and volumes on historical subjects, the best of which pertain to Egypt. The Society of Science, Letters and Arts, of London. gave him a decoration. For several years General Darling was president of the Utica Young Men's Christian Association. He was married to Miss Angeline E. Robertson, of this city, in 1857.
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The following biographical profile was published in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol XXXVII (October 1906), pages 308-309:
GEN. CHARLES W. DARLING.
By E. B. Sanford, D. D
Charles William Darling, the subject of this sketch, was born Oct. 11, 1830, in New Haven, Conn., and was descended on his paternal side from a distinguished line of New England clergymen. His father, the Rev. Charles Chauncey Darling, a Presbyterian clergyman and a graduate of Yale College and of Princeton Theological Seminary, was the son of Dr. Samuel Darling, a graduate of Yale and a physician in New Haven until his death at the age of ninety, by his wife Clarinda, daughter of the Rev. Richard Ely of Saybrook, Conn. His great grandfather, Judge Thomas Darling of New Haven, was also a graduate of Yale and Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas of the State of Connecticut; his great grandmother, the wife of Judge Darling, was Abigail, daughter of the Rev. Joseph Noyes of New Haven (son of the Rev. James Noyes of Stonington, Conn., a founder of Yale College and standing there as the first on the list of Fellows) by his wife Abigail, daughter of the Rev. James Pierpont, pastor of the First Church of New Haven and also one of the founders of Yale College, by his second wife, Sarah, daughter of the Rev. Joseph Haynes of Hartford, son of Governor John Haynes of Connecticut. Judge Thomas Darling was the son of Samuel Darling of New Haven, who was born in England in 1695; came with his wife Susannah Childs to Rhode Island and afterward removed to New Haven where he was admitted to the bar and practised law until his death in 1760. General Darling's mother was Adeline E., daughter of William and Eliza Dana of Boston, Mass., and granddaughter of Major Robert Davis, an officer of artillery in the war of the Revolution.
After graduating from the New York University General Darling for a time was engaged in business. Not long before the breaking out of the Civil War he made his first trip to Europe, returning to take an active part in the great struggle that involved the life of the Union. He won his commission as Colonel in the State Militia and during the riots that occurred in New York City during the summer of 1863, he rendered efficient service that was gratefully recognized both by his superior officers and Mayor Opdyke. Colonel Darling in these years was closely identified with military and public affairs and in 1867 he was appointed military engineer in chief of the State of New York with the rank of Brigadier-General.
Having means at his command that enabled him to indulge his fondness for travel he made extended trips with his wife in Europe, Asia and Africa, returning to his home to give his time to historical study and writing and identify himself with every good cause in the beautiful city of Utica that was so long his place of residence. While declining political office he did not shirk his duty as a citizen and was ready both to lead and serve in Christian activities. For many years he was a ruling elder in the First Presbyterian Church of Utica and President of the Young Men's Christian Association. He became deeply interested in the work of bringing the Christian forces and churches of the State into closer cooperative relations and at the time of his death was President of the New York State Federation of Churches and Christian Workers. General Darling through his love of historical studies became an expert in many lines of research connected with the colonial and other periods in the history of our country. Few men have had so wide a knowledge of the work of the various national and State historical societies. He was a member of more than fifty of these organizations.
General Darling will long be remembered as a splendid type of that Christian manhood that enjoys close and helpful touch with many activities. He was a true friend and genial comrade, as well as a man of scholarly instincts and distinction. With Christian fortitude he passed through the sorrows that shadowed his later years leaving a memory that is treasured by those who were honored with his friendship.
General Darling died June 22, 1905, at Asbury Park, N. J., aged seventy-four years. He was married in 1857 to Angeline E. Robertson, daughter of Jacob and A. Robertson of New York City, and granddaughter of Archibald Robertson, the Scotch artist, who, while a guest of the first President of the United States, painted from life the celebrated miniature of General and Martha Washington. He left no immediate family.