Civil War Veteran
Co E 37th Iowa Infantry
"The Greybeard Regiment"
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Bartlett, Jacob. Age 48. Residence Oskaloosa,Iowa, nativity Virginia. Enlisted Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered Nov. 6, 1862. Discharged for disability April 28, 1863, St. Louis, Mo.
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The Greybeard Regiment has a unique place in history. It was the only regiment made up of men over the enlistment or draft age which at that time was 45. All were volunteers...some as old as 80 years. Its purpose was to guard prisons and arsenals to free young men for battle however it did see action when guarding supply trains and defending Memphis,TN during a surprise attack from the infamous cavalry of Nathan Bedford Forrest.
He married Margaret Rubel 25 Apr 1837 in Washington county, Ohio
Co E 37th Iowa Infantry
"The Greybeard Regiment"
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Bartlett, Jacob. Age 48. Residence Oskaloosa,Iowa, nativity Virginia. Enlisted Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered Nov. 6, 1862. Discharged for disability April 28, 1863, St. Louis, Mo.
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The Greybeard Regiment has a unique place in history. It was the only regiment made up of men over the enlistment or draft age which at that time was 45. All were volunteers...some as old as 80 years. Its purpose was to guard prisons and arsenals to free young men for battle however it did see action when guarding supply trains and defending Memphis,TN during a surprise attack from the infamous cavalry of Nathan Bedford Forrest.
He married Margaret Rubel 25 Apr 1837 in Washington county, Ohio
Civil War Veteran
Co E 37th Iowa Infantry
"The Greybeard Regiment"
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Bartlett, Jacob. Age 48. Residence Oskaloosa,Iowa, nativity Virginia. Enlisted Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered Nov. 6, 1862. Discharged for disability April 28, 1863, St. Louis, Mo.
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The Greybeard Regiment has a unique place in history. It was the only regiment made up of men over the enlistment or draft age which at that time was 45. All were volunteers...some as old as 80 years. Its purpose was to guard prisons and arsenals to free young men for battle however it did see action when guarding supply trains and defending Memphis,TN during a surprise attack from the infamous cavalry of Nathan Bedford Forrest.
He married Margaret Rubel 25 Apr 1837 in Washington county, Ohio
Co E 37th Iowa Infantry
"The Greybeard Regiment"
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Bartlett, Jacob. Age 48. Residence Oskaloosa,Iowa, nativity Virginia. Enlisted Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered Nov. 6, 1862. Discharged for disability April 28, 1863, St. Louis, Mo.
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The Greybeard Regiment has a unique place in history. It was the only regiment made up of men over the enlistment or draft age which at that time was 45. All were volunteers...some as old as 80 years. Its purpose was to guard prisons and arsenals to free young men for battle however it did see action when guarding supply trains and defending Memphis,TN during a surprise attack from the infamous cavalry of Nathan Bedford Forrest.
He married Margaret Rubel 25 Apr 1837 in Washington county, Ohio
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