Tidball, John C. (John Caldwell), 1825-1906

Career military officer, noted for his service in the horse artillery in the Union Army cavalry during the Civil War.

From the description of Poor white trash, circa 1870-1889. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 671767276

Army officer.

From the description of Reminiscence of John C. Tidball, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981000

John Caldwell Tidball was a career military officer noted for his service in the horse artillery in the Union Army cavalry during the Civil War.

From the guide to the Poor white trash [manuscript], circa 1870-1889, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)

John C. Tidball graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1848 and served as an artillery officer in Florida and New Mexico Territory, 1848-1853. In 1853-1854, he led a military escort accompanying Amiel Weeks Whipple's transcontinental railroad survey, which explored a route on the 35th parallel later used by the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company. After this expedition, Tidball was appointed to the United States Coast Survey, Washington, D.C., where he was an assistant to Henry Washington Benham, 1854-1859. He served as an artillery officer in the Civil War, and he continued to receive appointments as an officer and military educator until his retirement in 1889. Tidball was the author of the Manual of Heavy Artillery Service (1880).

From the description of Memoir, [ca. 1890?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702161204

From the description of Memoir, [ca. 1890?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81256783

Lieutenant, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; accompanied Lt. A.W. Whipple on the survey for a railroad route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean in 1853-1854.

From the description of Diary, 1854. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 31896598