Record Group 59: General Records of the Department of State, 1763 - 2002 Series: Applications and Recommendations for Appointment to the Consular and Diplomatic Services, 1901 - 1924 File Unit: Caldwell, John C.
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Caldwell, John Curtis, 1833-1912
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Caldwell was born in Lowell, Vermont. He graduated from Amherst College in 1855 and moved to Maine, where he was the principal of the Washington Academy in East Machias. At the beginning of the Civil War, Caldwell was 28 years old and had no military experience. However, his bearing as an academic principal seems to have impressed others because he was elected colonel of the 11th Maine Infantry regiment on November 12, 1861. Early in the Peninsula Campaign (April 28, 1862), he was promoted to...
