Civil War Veteran
Private, Co. I, 4th Massachusetts Infantry
Private, Co. K, 18th Massachusetts Infantry
Private, Co. E, 22nd Veterans Reserve Corps
The son of Warren and Tasmin Jacobs.
John Quincy Jacobs was a 21 year-old Clerk from Hingham, MA, when he enlisted on April 16, 1861 and was mustered into Co. I (Lincoln Light Infantry), 4th Mass. Militia as a Private on April 22nd. He was mustered out the regiment on July 22, 1861.
He enlisted for a second time at Readville, MA and was mustered into the 18th Mass. Infantry on August 24, 1861 as a Private in Co. K. John was engaged with the regiment in 1862 during the Peninsula Campaign, including the siege of Yorktown, Second Bull Run, Antietam, and Fredericksburg. Wounded in the left forearm during the battle of Fredericksburg on Dec. 13, 1862, he was one of nine men of Co. K cited for their courage during the battle by Lt. Col. Joseph Hayes, regimental commander. He was admitted to Carver Gen. Hospital, Washington on Dec. 14, 1862 for treatment of the gunshot wound and remained until returned to duty on Sept. 21, 1863.
He was transferred to Co. E, 22nd Veteran Reserve Corps on Nov. 11, 1863 and mustered out of military service on Aug. 24, 1864.
Jacobs resided in Washington following his military service and worked as a conductor on the 7th Street trolley cars and then in 1867 for a year as a guard for the D.C. Jail, transporting prisoners to Albany, NY. He married Mary E. Doherty, age 15 and a domestic servant, on March 9, 1865 at St. Matthew's Catholic Church, Washington, DC. The couple moved to Philadelphia about 1868, where Mary Jacobs was employed as a domestic. John was 36 year of age when he died of Phlegmanous Erysipelas at the Charity Hospital, Blackwell's Island, New York City on April 8, 1873. His brother Andrew, who resided in New York City, paid for his remains to be taken back and buried in the town cemetery at South Hingham, MA.
His wife Mary died at Philadelphia, PA on March 25, 1914.
Private, Co. I, 4th Massachusetts Infantry
Private, Co. K, 18th Massachusetts Infantry
Private, Co. E, 22nd Veterans Reserve Corps
The son of Warren and Tasmin Jacobs.
John Quincy Jacobs was a 21 year-old Clerk from Hingham, MA, when he enlisted on April 16, 1861 and was mustered into Co. I (Lincoln Light Infantry), 4th Mass. Militia as a Private on April 22nd. He was mustered out the regiment on July 22, 1861.
He enlisted for a second time at Readville, MA and was mustered into the 18th Mass. Infantry on August 24, 1861 as a Private in Co. K. John was engaged with the regiment in 1862 during the Peninsula Campaign, including the siege of Yorktown, Second Bull Run, Antietam, and Fredericksburg. Wounded in the left forearm during the battle of Fredericksburg on Dec. 13, 1862, he was one of nine men of Co. K cited for their courage during the battle by Lt. Col. Joseph Hayes, regimental commander. He was admitted to Carver Gen. Hospital, Washington on Dec. 14, 1862 for treatment of the gunshot wound and remained until returned to duty on Sept. 21, 1863.
He was transferred to Co. E, 22nd Veteran Reserve Corps on Nov. 11, 1863 and mustered out of military service on Aug. 24, 1864.
Jacobs resided in Washington following his military service and worked as a conductor on the 7th Street trolley cars and then in 1867 for a year as a guard for the D.C. Jail, transporting prisoners to Albany, NY. He married Mary E. Doherty, age 15 and a domestic servant, on March 9, 1865 at St. Matthew's Catholic Church, Washington, DC. The couple moved to Philadelphia about 1868, where Mary Jacobs was employed as a domestic. John was 36 year of age when he died of Phlegmanous Erysipelas at the Charity Hospital, Blackwell's Island, New York City on April 8, 1873. His brother Andrew, who resided in New York City, paid for his remains to be taken back and buried in the town cemetery at South Hingham, MA.
His wife Mary died at Philadelphia, PA on March 25, 1914.
Civil War Veteran
Private, Co. I, 4th Massachusetts Infantry
Private, Co. K, 18th Massachusetts Infantry
Private, Co. E, 22nd Veterans Reserve Corps
The son of Warren and Tasmin Jacobs.
John Quincy Jacobs was a 21 year-old Clerk from Hingham, MA, when he enlisted on April 16, 1861 and was mustered into Co. I (Lincoln Light Infantry), 4th Mass. Militia as a Private on April 22nd. He was mustered out the regiment on July 22, 1861.
He enlisted for a second time at Readville, MA and was mustered into the 18th Mass. Infantry on August 24, 1861 as a Private in Co. K. John was engaged with the regiment in 1862 during the Peninsula Campaign, including the siege of Yorktown, Second Bull Run, Antietam, and Fredericksburg. Wounded in the left forearm during the battle of Fredericksburg on Dec. 13, 1862, he was one of nine men of Co. K cited for their courage during the battle by Lt. Col. Joseph Hayes, regimental commander. He was admitted to Carver Gen. Hospital, Washington on Dec. 14, 1862 for treatment of the gunshot wound and remained until returned to duty on Sept. 21, 1863.
He was transferred to Co. E, 22nd Veteran Reserve Corps on Nov. 11, 1863 and mustered out of military service on Aug. 24, 1864.
Jacobs resided in Washington following his military service and worked as a conductor on the 7th Street trolley cars and then in 1867 for a year as a guard for the D.C. Jail, transporting prisoners to Albany, NY. He married Mary E. Doherty, age 15 and a domestic servant, on March 9, 1865 at St. Matthew's Catholic Church, Washington, DC. The couple moved to Philadelphia about 1868, where Mary Jacobs was employed as a domestic. John was 36 year of age when he died of Phlegmanous Erysipelas at the Charity Hospital, Blackwell's Island, New York City on April 8, 1873. His brother Andrew, who resided in New York City, paid for his remains to be taken back and buried in the town cemetery at South Hingham, MA.
His wife Mary died at Philadelphia, PA on March 25, 1914.
Private, Co. I, 4th Massachusetts Infantry
Private, Co. K, 18th Massachusetts Infantry
Private, Co. E, 22nd Veterans Reserve Corps
The son of Warren and Tasmin Jacobs.
John Quincy Jacobs was a 21 year-old Clerk from Hingham, MA, when he enlisted on April 16, 1861 and was mustered into Co. I (Lincoln Light Infantry), 4th Mass. Militia as a Private on April 22nd. He was mustered out the regiment on July 22, 1861.
He enlisted for a second time at Readville, MA and was mustered into the 18th Mass. Infantry on August 24, 1861 as a Private in Co. K. John was engaged with the regiment in 1862 during the Peninsula Campaign, including the siege of Yorktown, Second Bull Run, Antietam, and Fredericksburg. Wounded in the left forearm during the battle of Fredericksburg on Dec. 13, 1862, he was one of nine men of Co. K cited for their courage during the battle by Lt. Col. Joseph Hayes, regimental commander. He was admitted to Carver Gen. Hospital, Washington on Dec. 14, 1862 for treatment of the gunshot wound and remained until returned to duty on Sept. 21, 1863.
He was transferred to Co. E, 22nd Veteran Reserve Corps on Nov. 11, 1863 and mustered out of military service on Aug. 24, 1864.
Jacobs resided in Washington following his military service and worked as a conductor on the 7th Street trolley cars and then in 1867 for a year as a guard for the D.C. Jail, transporting prisoners to Albany, NY. He married Mary E. Doherty, age 15 and a domestic servant, on March 9, 1865 at St. Matthew's Catholic Church, Washington, DC. The couple moved to Philadelphia about 1868, where Mary Jacobs was employed as a domestic. John was 36 year of age when he died of Phlegmanous Erysipelas at the Charity Hospital, Blackwell's Island, New York City on April 8, 1873. His brother Andrew, who resided in New York City, paid for his remains to be taken back and buried in the town cemetery at South Hingham, MA.
His wife Mary died at Philadelphia, PA on March 25, 1914.
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