| Joseph Barr Kiddoo | |
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File:File:Kiddoo NARA-529046 Crop.jpg Gen. Joseph B. Kiddoo | |
| Born | March 31, 1837 |
| Place of birth | Pittsburgh Pennsylvania |
| Place of death | New York City |
| Buried at | West Point Cemetery (41°23′53″N 73°58′01″W / 41.398°N 73.967°WCoordinates: 41°23′53″N 73°58′01″W / 41.398°N 73.967°W) |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service/branch |
United States Army Union Army |
| Years of service | 1861–1870 |
| Rank | Brigadier General |
| Unit | 12th Pennsylvania Infantry |
| Commands held |
137th Pennsylvania Infantry 6th United States Colored Infantry Regiment 22nd United States Colored Infantry |
| Battles/wars |
Battle of South Mountain Battle of Antietam Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Chancellorsville Siege of Petersburg Battle of the Crater |
Joseph Barr Kiddoo (March 31, 1837 – August 19, 1880) was a Union Army general in the American Civil War[1] and and assistant commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau in Texas in 1866 and 1867.[2][3]
References[]
- ↑ Edwin W. Besch (27 March 2017). U.S. Colored Troops Defeat Confederate Cavalry: Action at Wilson's Wharf, Virginia, 24 May 1864. McFarland. pp. 93–. ISBN 978-1-4766-6663-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=xVWwDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA93.
- ↑ "Kiddoo, Joseph Barr". Texas State Historical Association. 2010-06-15. https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fki42. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
- ↑ William Lee Richter (1991). Overreached on All Sides: The Freedmen's Bureau Administrators in Texas, 1865-1868. Texas A&M University Press. pp. 79–. ISBN 978-0-89096-473-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=6mpVQFcmG6gC&pg=PA433.
Further reading[]
- United States. War Department (1892). The War of the Rebellion: v. 1-53 [serial no. 1-111]Number 277. Report of Colonel Joseph B. Kiddoo, Twenty-second U. S. Colored Troops, Second Brigade, of operations June 15. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 724–. https://books.google.com/books?id=ybQ9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA724.
External links[]
67224692 Joseph Barr Kiddoo at Find a Grave
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