Biographical sketch of Charles Plummer Tidd, undated.

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Biographical sketch of Charles Plummer Tidd, undated.

Biographical sketch (15 pages) by an unknown writer reflecting Tidd's association with Dr. Calvin Cutter and John Brown in antebellum Kansas, his involvement with John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, W. Va., his Civil War service with the 21st Massachusetts Infantry, and his death during Gen. Ambrose Everett Burnside's expedition to North Carolina.

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Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881

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Burnside was born in Liberty, Indiana and was the fourth of nine children of Edghill and Pamela (or Pamilia) Brown Burnside, a family of Scottish origin. His great-great-grandfather Robert Burnside (1725–1775) was born in Scotland and settled in the Province of South Carolina. His father was a native of South Carolina; he was a slave owner who freed his slaves when he relocated to Indiana. Ambrose attended Liberty Seminary as a young boy, but his education was interrupted when his mother died in...

Tidd, Charles Plummer, 1832-1862

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Soldier. From the description of Biographical sketch of Charles Plummer Tidd, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980342 ...

Cutter, Calvin, 1807-1873?

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Army officer and surgeon. From the description of Biography of Calvin Cutter, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450093 ...

United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 21st (1861-1864)

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Brown, John, 1800-1859

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John Brown (May 9, 1800, Torrington, Connecticut – December 2, 1859, Charles Town, Virginia) was born in Connecticut in 1800 before migrating with his family at an early age to the Connecticut Western Reserve. He failed at several business ventures and land speculations before devoting his life to the abolition of slavery. Brown was executed in 1859 following his failed attempt to incite a slave rebellion at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Edwin Coppoc, a native of Salem, Ohio, joined Brown in his rai...