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1SGT Charles Plummer Tidd Veteran
1834 – 1862 New Bern National Cemetery
Photo added by Jeffry Burden
- Birth
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Palermo, Waldo County, Maine, USA
- Death
- 8 Feb 1862 (aged 27–28)
Roanoke Island, Dare County, North Carolina, USA
- Burial
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New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
- Plot
- Unknown--This person is not listed in the VA Nationwide Gravesite Locator.
- Memorial ID
- 156388199 View Source
In 1834, Charles Plummer Tidd was born in Maine.
In 1856, he went to Kansas Territory, in a party of eastern emigrants that Dr. Calvin Cutter led.
In 1857, he met abolitionist John Brown. Eventually, he became one of Brown's men.
In 1859, he joined Brown for his attack on Harper's Ferry, Virginia, but managed to escape. Afterwards, he changed his name to Charles Plummer, to avoid being arrested.
On 19 July 1861, after the Civil War started, he joined the Twenty-first Massachusetts Volunteers, as a private.
On 8 February 1862, during the Battle of Roanoke Island, North Carolina, he died of fever, on the nearby transport Northerner, He was a first sergeant.
In 1856, he went to Kansas Territory, in a party of eastern emigrants that Dr. Calvin Cutter led.
In 1857, he met abolitionist John Brown. Eventually, he became one of Brown's men.
In 1859, he joined Brown for his attack on Harper's Ferry, Virginia, but managed to escape. Afterwards, he changed his name to Charles Plummer, to avoid being arrested.
On 19 July 1861, after the Civil War started, he joined the Twenty-first Massachusetts Volunteers, as a private.
On 8 February 1862, during the Battle of Roanoke Island, North Carolina, he died of fever, on the nearby transport Northerner, He was a first sergeant.
In 1834, Charles Plummer Tidd was born in Maine.
In 1856, he went to Kansas Territory, in a party of eastern emigrants that Dr. Calvin Cutter led.
In 1857, he met abolitionist John Brown. Eventually, he became one of Brown's men.
In 1859, he joined Brown for his attack on Harper's Ferry, Virginia, but managed to escape. Afterwards, he changed his name to Charles Plummer, to avoid being arrested.
On 19 July 1861, after the Civil War started, he joined the Twenty-first Massachusetts Volunteers, as a private.
On 8 February 1862, during the Battle of Roanoke Island, North Carolina, he died of fever, on the nearby transport Northerner, He was a first sergeant.
In 1856, he went to Kansas Territory, in a party of eastern emigrants that Dr. Calvin Cutter led.
In 1857, he met abolitionist John Brown. Eventually, he became one of Brown's men.
In 1859, he joined Brown for his attack on Harper's Ferry, Virginia, but managed to escape. Afterwards, he changed his name to Charles Plummer, to avoid being arrested.
On 19 July 1861, after the Civil War started, he joined the Twenty-first Massachusetts Volunteers, as a private.
On 8 February 1862, during the Battle of Roanoke Island, North Carolina, he died of fever, on the nearby transport Northerner, He was a first sergeant.
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- Created by: David Aspelin
- Added: Dec 26, 2015
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156388199/charles_plummer-tidd: accessed ), memorial page for 1SGT Charles Plummer Tidd (1834–8 Feb 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 156388199, citing New Bern National Cemetery, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by David Aspelin (contributor 47668150).
