Theodore R. Childs, from Prescott, was in Company M of the 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry.
The following obituary is from The Prescott Journal of May 2, 1863:
OBITUARY—THEODORE R CHILDS, member of the 2nd Wis. Cavalry, and son of Mrs. Childs of this city, died in hospital at Memphis, on the 23d of last month, or congestion of the bowels. He was sick but three days, and his death is a sad affliction to his widowed mother.
The Civil War and Northwest Wisconsin 