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Robert Buckner Dudley Garnet

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Robert Buckner Dudley Garnet

Birth
Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
Death
19 Jul 1864 (aged 54)
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
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Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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He served in the Cvil War as a Private in Company I, 37th Regiment, of the Iowa Infantry. He died in the Webster Hospital of chronic diarrhea.
From Military Records
Robert Garnett
Age 52
Residence -Mount Vernon, Ia.
Nativity-Virginia
Enlisted -Aug 6, 1862
Mustered-Dec 1 ,1862
Died of dysentery July 19, 1864,Memphis,Tenn.

The 37tg Iowa Infantry nicknamed "The Greybeard Reginent" was the only regiment of its kind ever recruited in the United States. It was made up of men over the enlistment age which at that time was 45.Some were in their 70's and 80's. Its original purpose was to guard prisoners in order to free young men for more active duty. Based on enlistment, Pvt. Garnett arrived St. Louis Jan 1, 1863, then assigned guard duty of rebels confined to the two military prisons, the arsonal, and provost duty. From May to July 1863 assigned guard duty of the Pacific Railroad from St. Louis to Jefferson City, MO. Subsequently, at Alton, Ill. guarding military prison until Feb 17, 1864., then to Rock Island, Ill, guarding the largest military prison in the west housing ten thousand rebel prisoners. On June 6, 1864, he was ordered to Memphis, Tenn. The regiment guarded the provision train from Memphis east to LaGrange, Tenn , and from there south to Holly Springs, Miss.
He served in the Cvil War as a Private in Company I, 37th Regiment, of the Iowa Infantry. He died in the Webster Hospital of chronic diarrhea.
From Military Records
Robert Garnett
Age 52
Residence -Mount Vernon, Ia.
Nativity-Virginia
Enlisted -Aug 6, 1862
Mustered-Dec 1 ,1862
Died of dysentery July 19, 1864,Memphis,Tenn.

The 37tg Iowa Infantry nicknamed "The Greybeard Reginent" was the only regiment of its kind ever recruited in the United States. It was made up of men over the enlistment age which at that time was 45.Some were in their 70's and 80's. Its original purpose was to guard prisoners in order to free young men for more active duty. Based on enlistment, Pvt. Garnett arrived St. Louis Jan 1, 1863, then assigned guard duty of rebels confined to the two military prisons, the arsonal, and provost duty. From May to July 1863 assigned guard duty of the Pacific Railroad from St. Louis to Jefferson City, MO. Subsequently, at Alton, Ill. guarding military prison until Feb 17, 1864., then to Rock Island, Ill, guarding the largest military prison in the west housing ten thousand rebel prisoners. On June 6, 1864, he was ordered to Memphis, Tenn. The regiment guarded the provision train from Memphis east to LaGrange, Tenn , and from there south to Holly Springs, Miss.

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