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There is both a sketch and photograph of TIDD at the following site plus much more:
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/jbrown/master.html
Below is some information gathered from various sources:
Descendants of Charles Plummer Tidd
Generation No. 1
1. CHARLES PLUMMER2 TIDD (WILLIAM1) was born 1834 in Palermo, Waldo Co, ME1, and died February 8, 1862 in "Northerner" near Roanoke Island, NC2.
Notes for CHARLES PLUMMER TIDD:
Ancestry: Am CW Soldiers:
State served: Mass Enlisted: under Plummer 19 July 1861 Rank: Pvt Age: 27
There are copies of his siblings' letters to him in, "Calendar of VA Papers," vol. 11, p. 293 and others.
1856 moved to MA. From "Origin of the town of Clinton [MA] 1653-1865," p. 538 "Although other members of his family settled in Clinton, he could not have stopped here long as he joined Dr. Cutler's party of emigrants for Kansas. In 1857, we find his name in the letters of John Brown, by whom he was sent as a trusted agent for securing funds."...."October 16, 1859, when Brown led his eighteen followers to Harper's Ferry, Tidd and Cook were at the head of the line. After the place was taken, Tidd, as his most trusted officer, was put on duty at the school-house about a mile from Harper's Ferry to receive recruits and supplies. Thus, he was not present when his leader was captured, and he escaped."
Dropped last name in order to enlist in Civil War. Died in Civil War in MA unit
This MA unit apparently from Warren as there is a Civil War monument there with the name
Charles P. Tidd and also Surg. Calvin Cutter who was the father of Carrie Cutter.
"Calendar of State Papers for VA," vol 11, p. 293, 294, 90-101, 289-349, 347, 294, ;344
and "VA Magazine of History and Biography," vol 10, p. 24, 274, 276, 277:
His brothers Alanson and William P. and his sisters Elizabeth, Julia, and Susan all wrote to him, worried about his involvement with John Brown and his cause.
Carrie Cutter/Cutler was his romance and served as a nurse on the same ship, dying of typhoid 24 March and was buried next to him. Her father was a leader in the abolitionist movement.
More About CHARLES PLUMMER TIDD:
Occupation: Maine woodsman;
Personality/Intrst: good singer and loved family; Loyalist ancestry
Endnotes
1. histories of John Brown of Harper's Ferry
2. [see printout] Buried grave #40 in the New Berne, NC National Cemetery
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