Joseph Barr Kiddoo Explained

Joseph Barr Kiddoo
Birth Date:31 March 1837
Birth Place:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Death Place:New York, New York
Placeofburial:West Point Cemetery
Allegiance:United States of America
Branch:United States Army
Union Army
Serviceyears:1861–1870
Rank:Brigadier General
Unit:12th Pennsylvania Infantry
Commands:137th Pennsylvania Infantry
6th United States Colored Infantry Regiment
22nd United States Colored Infantry
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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]

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Edwin W. Besch. U.S. Colored Troops Defeat Confederate Cavalry: Action at Wilson's Wharf, Virginia, 24 May 1864. 27 March 2017. McFarland. 978-1-4766-6663-1. 93–.
  2. Web site: Kiddoo, Joseph Barr . Texas State Historical Association . 2010-06-15 . 2018-01-02 .
  3. Book: William Lee Richter. Overreached on All Sides: The Freedmen's Bureau Administrators in Texas, 1865-1868. 1991. Texas A&M University Press. 978-0-89096-473-6. 79–.
  4. Book: Register of the Commandery of the State of Pennsylvania from April 15, 1865 to May 5, 1887 . 1887 . 9 . Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Pennsylvania Commandery . 2022-08-23.
  5. Book: Heitman, Francis B. . Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army: From Its Organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903 . 1903 . 1 . 596 . Government Printing Office . 2022-08-23.
  6. News: Funeral of Gen. Custer . October 11, 1877 . 8 . The New York Times . 2022-08-23.
  7. News: The Burial of Gen. Kiddoo: A Soldier's Funeral at the West Point Cemetery . August 24, 1880 . 1 . The New York Times . 2022-08-23.