Miriam, in her Ance Stories: The Stories of My Ancestors Blog, did some research and her great grandfather, the second husband of her great garndmother Cornelia McClellan.
He divorced his first wife in 1873 and was known to use an alias.
He enlisted 15 September 1861 at Buffalo, NY and served on the USS Signal, a gunboat operating in Western waters. He was discharged Jly 29, 1863. He was 5'8", light hair and complexion, blue eyes.
In December, 1862, the USS Cairo hit a mine and sank. The Signal and another ship had already duscovered the mines. While helping to get the Cairo's crew off, Judd slipped and fell, rupturing his right side. He was treated but discharged. By 1890, he was still suffering from the injury.
He was fortunate was later forced aground and burned by its crew, who then were captured and spent the rest of the war as prisoners at Camp Ford near Tyler, Texas.
Judd died of chronic diarrhea May 23, 1896 in Arcadia, Michigan. The burial site is unknown, but probably in the Arcadia Township Cemetery.
One of Those Stories That make Up the Larger Story. --Old B-Runner
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
