Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1863 - 1917 File Unit: Caldwell, John C - State: Maine - Year: 1867

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

DigitalArchivalResource

Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1863 - 1917 File Unit: Caldwell, John C - State: Maine - Year: 1867

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/70399442

eng, Latn

National Archives at Washington, D.C

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 11651061

National Archives at Washington, D.C

Related Entities

There are 1 Entities related to this resource.

Caldwell, John Curtis, 1833-1912

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qr7m01 (person)

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...