John C. Tidball

John Caldwell Tidball
John Caldwell Tidball
3rd Commander of the Department of Alaska
	In office; September 23, 1870 – September 19, 1871
President	Ulysses S. Grant
Preceded by	George K. Brady
Succeeded by	Harvey A. Allen
Personal details
Born	January 25, 1825; near Wheeling, Virginia (present-day West Virginia)
Died	May 17, 1906 (aged 81); Montclair, New Jersey
Resting place	West Point Cemetery; West Point, New York. US
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army; Union Army
Years of service	1848–1889
Rank	Colonel; Brevet Major General, U.S. Volunteers
Unit	2nd U.S. Artillery; 4th New York Heavy Artillery; 3rd U.S. Artillery; 1st U.S. Artillery
Battles/wars	Third Seminole War; American Civil War Peninsula Campaign; Battle of Antietam; Battle of Chancellorsville; Battle of Gettysburg; Overland Campaign; Siege of Petersburg; ;

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John Caldwell Tidball (January 25, 1825 – May 15, 1906) was a career United States Army artillery officer who served in the United States Horse Artillery Brigade in the Union Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. After the war, he served as the Commander of the Department of Alaska, the military governor of the region.