Enlisted July 26, 1862 at age 47(?) in the Union Army for service in the Civil War. Jackson lied about his age, claiming he was 43 to meet the conscription maximum age requirement of 45. Hew was mustered into Company B, 18th Iowa Regiment of Infantry as a Private. His Company was organized at Clinton, Iowa and was made up of 860 soldiers. On February 2, 1863 he received a disability discharge at Springfield, Missouri and went home to recuperate.
Military Service
second tour with Union Army 8 September 1863 (Age 48)
On September 8, 1863 Jackson Bridges, ate 48, re-enlisted in Company H, 9th Iowa Cavalry Regiment. Again he shaved his age to meet the conscription requirement and said he was 42 years old this time. He also signed for and took his son Edward Bridges with him into the same Regiment. Jackson Bridges died January 3, 1864 of disease at the Rock Island Prison Camp Hospital, Arsenal Island, St. Louis(?), Missouri (Illinois?). He was buried in the Union Rock Island National Cemetery.
Possible match: Bridges, John, d. 12/14/1864, PVT CONSCRIPT, MO, Plot: 1671, *(not verified) Rock Island National Cemetery, Arsenal Island, Rock Island county, Illinois
1874 - Bridges Family in Iowa 1874-1881 - Bridges Family in Medicin Lodge, KA 1881-1883 - Bridges Family in Tulsa, OK 1883-1938 - Bridges Family in Geddes, Jackson, Charles Mix, SD
Death: 1870-1880 Killed by Indians (family tradition).
Military Service
From "The Ray Family In the Civil War" by Diane Berg:
Enlisted July 26, 1862 at age 47(?) in the Union Army for service in the Civil War. Jackson lied about his age, claiming he was 43 to meet the conscription maximum age requirement of 45. Hew was mustered into Company B, 18th Iowa Regiment of Infantry as a Private. His Company was organized at Clinton, Iowa and was made up of 860 soldiers. On February 2, 1863 he received a disability discharge at Springfield, Missouri and went home to recuperate.
Military Service
From "The Ray Family In the Civil War" by Diane Berg:
On September 8, 1863 Jackson Bridges, ate 48, re-enlisted in Company H, 9th Iowa Cavalry Regiment. Again he shaved his age to meet the conscription requirement and said he was 42 years old this time. He also signed for and took his son Edward Bridges with him into the same Regiment. Jackson Bridges died January 3, 1864 of disease at the Rock Island Prison Camp Hospital, Arsenal Island, St. Louis(?), Missouri (Illinois?). He was buried in the Union Rock Island National Cemetery.
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