Joseph Barr Kiddoo
Joseph Barr Kiddoo (March 31, 1837 – August 19, 1880) was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War[1] and assistant commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau in Texas in 1866 and 1867.[2][3]
Joseph Barr Kiddoo | |
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 Gen. Joseph B. Kiddoo | |
| Born | March 31, 1837 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Died | October 19, 1880 (aged 43) New York, New York |
| Buried | 41.398°N 73.967°W |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service/ | 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 |
Born in Pittsburgh, Kiddoo rose from private to colonel while serving with the Pennsylvania Union volunteers from 1861 to 1863. He then commanded African-American troops for the remainder of the war. After the war, Kiddoo was brevetted brigadier general of volunteers on June 25, 1865 and major general of volunteers on September 4, 1865. He was brevetted brigadier general in the regular army on March 2, 1867 for gallantry and meritorious service while commanding the 22nd United States Colored Infantry Regiment at the Second Battle of Fair Oaks. Kiddoo was retired as a brigadier general on December 15, 1870.[4][5]
In October 1877, he was one of the eight pallbearers at the funeral of George Armstrong Custer, along with Thomas C. Devin and Randolph B. Marcy.[6] After his death in New York City, Kiddoo was buried at the West Point Cemetery on August 23, 1880.[7]
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.
- "Kiddoo, Joseph Barr". Texas State Historical Association. 2010-06-15. 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.
- Register of the Commandery of the State of Pennsylvania from April 15, 1865 to May 5, 1887. Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Pennsylvania Commandery. 1887. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
- Heitman, Francis B. (1903). Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army: From Its Organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903. Vol. 1. Government Printing Office. p. 596. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
- "Funeral of Gen. Custer" (PDF). The New York Times. October 11, 1877. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
- "The Burial of Gen. Kiddoo: A Soldier's Funeral at the West Point Cemetery" (PDF). The New York Times. August 24, 1880. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
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–.
External links
Joseph Barr Kiddoo at Find a Grave
