Here is a collection of historical trivia, collected as Volume XI Number 5 of The General Daniel Davidson Bidwell Memorial Association, dated October 1, 1935.
At the end of page 4 (of 4) in the images below there is an explanation of the Association. There is also a pdf version filed here.
I am a Bidwell, by way of my father’s mother, whose birth name was Grace Josephine Bidwell. I found this document, loose, inside a scrapbook compiled by (or more likely for) my (Grand) Aunt Belle, my grandmother’s sister, Isabella Jane Bidwell Weiss.
More on General Bidwell, including a link to a description of the Cedar Creek battle, can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_D._Bidwell
