Eric,

I found a George Waldo on the 1860 census age 28 living in Jackson,MI. Wife by the name of Jane age 21. George was listed as being a day laborer. Civil War record says a George Waldo Enlisted as a Private on 14 Oct 1861 co. H 1st Mich Engineers in Jackson,Mi. Was mustered out on 31 Oct 1864 at Atlanta,Ga.