Joseph Barr Kiddoo

Joseph Barr Kiddoo
Gen. Joseph B. Kiddoo
Born (1837-03-31)March 31, 1837
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Died New York City
Buried West Point Cemetery (41°23′53″N 73°58′01″W / 41.398°N 73.967°W / 41.398; -73.967Coordinates: 41°23′53″N 73°58′01″W / 41.398°N 73.967°W / 41.398; -73.967)
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 assistant commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau in Texas in 1866 and 1867.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "Kiddoo, Joseph Barr". Texas State Historical Association. 2010-06-15. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
  3. ↑ 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.

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–.

Joseph Barr Kiddoo at Find a Grave


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