Hello, While doing a look-up in the "KIDDER book," I found this Charles KIDDER from MA, who died in 1863 in NYC - while waiting for "orders" to fight in the War. It makes me wonder what his "military record" says. Betty (near Lowell, MA) We may have arrived on different ships but we're all in the same boat now. :o) (unknown author) 749 CHARLES AUGUSTUS KIDDER (Jedediah, Jedediah, Samuel, Richard, Ephraim, James), born at Sterling, Mass., 31 Oct. 1832; died at New York City, 16 Jan. 1863. He married at West Boylston, Mass., 8 Jan. 1857, MARTHA ESTHER THOMAS, born there, 12 Aug. 1836; died there, 29 Jan. 1921, daughter of William Thomas. He was a tailor of Sterling, Mass. He enlisted for war service, and while awaiting orders in New York City, died of pneumonia. Children, born at Sterling: i. HELEN MARTHA, b. 10 Oct. 1857; m. at West Boylston, 24 Sept. 1890, MOSES B. KAVIN, born at Plymouth, Mass., son of James and Harriet (Bamfield) Kavin. 1153 ii. CHARLES THOMAS, b. 28 June 1864.

Betty Here is a possibility: Charles A. Kidder Residence Sterling MA; a 28 year-old Tailor. Enlisted on 9/6/1862 as a Private. On 10/17/1862 he mustered into "K" Co. MA 53rd Infantry He died of disease on 1/16/1863 at New York, NY If this is your man, it is pot-luck what might be found in the file. The good news is that widow Margaret A Kidder applied for a pension and there was also a minor, which might provide genealogical data. Mike Betty wrote: > Hello, > While doing a look-up in the "KIDDER book," I found this Charles KIDDER > from MA, who died in 1863 in NYC - while waiting for "orders" to fight in > the War. > It makes me wonder what his "military record" says. > Betty (near Lowell, MA) > We may have arrived on different ships but we're all in the same boat now. > :o) > (unknown author) >