Henry Blatchford Scudder^[1]

1844 - 1917  (73 years)

• Name	Henry Blatchford Scudder
  Birth	18 Jun 1844	Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Jul 1917	North Yakima, Yakima, Washington   [2]
  Person ID	I3255	Scudder
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2014

  
  

  Father	Charles William Scudder,   b. 4 Jan 1820, Hyannis, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. 20 Dec 1891, Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Alicia Harriet Blatchford,   b. 1 Jun 1821, Lansingburgh, New York d. 14 Sep 1892, Marblehead Neck, Massachusetts (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	16 Aug 1841  [3]
  Family ID	F1209	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Julia Randolph Perry,   b. 29 Apr 1843, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. 28 Jul 1935, Moxee City, Yakima, Washington (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	21 Apr 1866	Andover, Massachusetts   [3]
  Children	1. Mary Mosley Scudder,   b. 20 Apr 1867, Needham, Massachusetts d. 9 Dec 1913, Moxee City, Yakima, Washington (Age 46 years)   2. Lieutenant Colonel Marshall Sears Scudder,   b. 9 May 1870, Needham, Massachusetts d. 5 Apr 1931 (Age 60 years)   3. Alice Blatchford Scudder,   b. 5 Jun 1872, Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts d. 3 Jan 1951, Yakima, Yakima, Washington (Age 78 years)   4. Anne Randolph Scudder,   b. 9 Dec 1874, Needham, Massachusetts d. 28 May 1959, Clackamas county, Oregon (Age 84 years)   5. Lucy Randolph Scudder,   b. 4 Jun 1878, Needham, Norfolk, Massachusetts d. 6 Apr 1958, Clackamas county, Oregon (Age 79 years)   6. Bessie Perry Scudder,   b. 26 Oct 1879, Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts d. 24 Sep 1970, Yakima, Yakima, Washington (Age 90 years)   7. Lieutenant Randolph Perry Scudder,   b. 23 Aug 1885, Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts d. 18 Mar 1936, Riverside, Los Angeles, California (Age 50 years)
  Family ID	F1211	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Henry was a stockman, agriculturist, and banker. During the Civil War, he served the Union by enlisting 15 September 1862 into Company A, 45th Massachusetts Infantry. He was wounded at Kinston, North Carolina, 14 December 1862. He was discharged 13 June 1863, The 45th Regiment. Massachusetts Volunteer, or Cadet Regiment, was one of the new militia regiments raised in response to the call of Aug. 4, 1862, for nine months troops. It received the title by which it was commonly known because of the fact that over forty of the commissioned officers of the regiment were former members of the Boston Cadets. Its commander, Col. Charles R. Codman, had served as Captain and Adjutant of the Boston Cadets during their period of service at Fort Warren in the early summer of 1862. Organized at Camp Meigs, Readville, in the early fall of 1862, the first eight companies of the 45th were mustered in on the 26th day of September, and the other two, "I" and "K", on the 7th of October. On Nov. 5, the regiment embarked on the steamer MISSISSIPPI for Beaufort, N. C., arriving at its destination on the 15th. Transported by rail to Newbern, it was here assigned to Amory's Brigade of Foster's Division. The regimental camp was established on the banks of the Trent River near Fort Gaston. Here the 45th remained, following the regular routine of camp life, until Dec. 12, when it set out with Gen. Foster's expedition to Goldsboro. Only eight companies took part in this expedition, Co. "C" having been sent on special duty to Morehead City, and Co. "G" to Fort Macon.At Kinston, Dec. 14, the regiment had its first taste of real war, losing 15 men killed and 43 wounded. At Whitehall, Dec. 16, it was again engaged, losing 4 killed and 16 wounded. At Goldsboro on the 17th the 45th was not in action, and on the following day it began its return march to Newbern, arriving at its former camp Dec. 21.On January 17, 1863, the 45th started on a reconnaissance to Trenton, returning on the 22d. From Jan. 26 to April 25 it served as provost guard in the city of Newbern. During this period, on March 14, occurred the Confederate attack on Newbern, of which the 45th was an interested spectator but was not called into action.On April 27 it started with Amory's Brigade on an expedition to Core Creek on the railroad toward Goldsboro. On the following day it was sharply engaged, taking a Confederate work which crossed the railroad near its intersection with the Dover Road, and losing one man killed and four wounded.This expedition being ended, the regiment returned to its last camp, near Fort Spinola, just below Newbern, on the Trent.Here it remained until June 24, when it proceeded to Morehead City, a suburb of Beaufort, N. C., and there took transports for Boston.Arriving at its destination June 30, the regiment was formally welcomed, then proceeded to its old camp at Readville where it remained until its muster out of the service July 8.

  
  

• Sources

  [S15] Genealogy of Early Settlers of Trenton and Ewing, "Old Hunterdon County," New Jersey, p. 260. [S112] Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume 1607-1967. [S789] Blatchford Memorial II, p. 73.