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Chester Barnum Scudder
1843 - 1921 (77 years)-
Name Chester Barnum Scudder Birth 6 Oct 1843 Roxbury, Litchfield, Connecticut 
[1] Gender Male Death 21 Sep 1921 Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts Person ID I11414 Scudder Last Modified 28 Jul 2021
Father John Barnum Scudder, b. 31 Aug 1808, Washington Twp, Litchfield, Connecticut d. Jul 1849, Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut (Age 40 years) Mother Mary Ann Ward, b. 10 May 1813, Cooperstown, Otsego, New York d. 2 Sep 1880, Monterey, Berkshire, Massachusetts (Age 67 years) Family ID F6057 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Hanah Maria Dobson, b. Abt 1849, England d. 1883 (Age 34 years) Marriage 1873 Children 1. William Henry Scudder, b. Abt 1874, Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts d. 17 May 1891, Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts (Age 17 years)2. George Barnum Scudder, b. 10 Feb 1876, Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts d. 7 Apr 1959, Los Angeles county, California (Age 83 years)3. Helen Ruth Scudder, b. 17 Jun 1877, Massachusetts, United States d. 4 Jul 1950, Monterey, Monterey, California (Age 73 years)4. Dr. Charles Scudder, b. 10 Oct 1878, Stockbridge, Berksire, Massachusetts, United States d. 16 Sep 1967, Northfield, Rice, Minnesota (Age 88 years)5. Chester A Scudder, b. 11 Mar 1882, Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F453 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Mar 2024
Family 2 Isabelle Perry, b. Oct 1853, New York d. Aft 1920 (Age > 68 years) Marriage Abt 1889 Children 1. Earl Vinton Scudder, b. 21 Jul 1893, Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts d. Aft 1930 (Age > 38 years)Family ID F6056 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Mar 2024
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Notes - Chester was a carpenter. During the Civil War, he served in Company A, 10th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, for three years, 21 June 1861 to 6 July 1864. The regiment was composed of companies from the Connecticut Valley and the western part of the State. Five of these companies were in existence before the Civil War broke out, and five were recruited in May and June, 1861. The regiment rendezvoused at Hampden Park, Springfield, Massachusetts, and Henry S. Briggs, a Pittsfield officer who had commanded a company in the 8th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, was made its colonel.
On March 27, 1862, the regiment left Washington by boat for Hampton Roads. On the 29th it disembarked at Hampton, Virginia, and soon joined in the advance toward Yorktown. During the succeeding weeks it participated in the Peninsular campaign, losing heavily at Fair Oaks and Malvern Hill. Early in May, 1863, it took part in the operations of the 6th Corps near Fredericksburg in cooperation with Hooker's flank movement to Chancellorsville. On May 3, it assisted in the capture of Marye's Heights, and had a part in the battle at Salem Heights on the same afternoon. Its loss in these engagements was very heavy.
The 10th participated with the rest of the 6th Corps in the Gettysburg campaign, suffering only slight loss. After being present at the battle of Rappahannock Station, November 7, and participating in the Mine Run campaign during the latter part of the same month, the regiment retired to Brandy Station and went into winter quarters, where it bacame part of Getty's Division. On the first day of the battle of the Wilderness, May 5, 1864, Getty's Division, detached from its corps, held the crossing of the Plank and Brock roads and performed most gallant service, the 10th suffering severe loss. On the 8th, 10th, 12th, and 18th of May it was engaged at Spottsylvania, suffering very severely on the 12th, when it helped to support Hancock's assault on the Bloody Angle. Between May 5 and May 18, the regiment lost 220 officers and men, 45 of these being killed or mortally wounded.
After participating with slight loss in the operations around Cold Harbor, the regiment crossed the James River, June 16, and advanced toward Petersburg, being engaged for the last time June 18 with slight loss. On the 19th it was withdrawn from the front, and its recruits and re-enlisted men were transferred to the 37th Regt. On June 21 it began its voyage homeward. Washington was reached June 22, and Springfield, Massachusetts, on the 25th. On July 1 and 6, 1864, the regiment was mustered out of the United States service. Chester went home.
In 1894, Chester ran for the seat of Representative of the 4th District in Berkshire county as a Republican. He was commander of the Rockwell Grand Army Post for six years. In 1889, in partnership with R.E. Field, he had a grocery business in Dalton.
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- Chester was a carpenter. During the Civil War, he served in Company A, 10th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, for three years, 21 June 1861 to 6 July 1864. The regiment was composed of companies from the Connecticut Valley and the western part of the State. Five of these companies were in existence before the Civil War broke out, and five were recruited in May and June, 1861. The regiment rendezvoused at Hampden Park, Springfield, Massachusetts, and Henry S. Briggs, a Pittsfield officer who had commanded a company in the 8th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, was made its colonel.
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Sources - [S320] 1880 United States Census, FHL Film 1254521; National Archives Film T9-0521; Page 24C.
- [S320] 1880 United States Census, FHL Film 1254521; National Archives Film T9-0521; Page 24C.