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Lyman Bridges

Residence Chicago IL; a 25 year-old Civil Engineer.

Enlisted on 6/30/1861 as a 1st Lieutenant.

On 7/30/1861 he was commissioned into "G" Co. IL 19th Infantry
He was transferred out on 1/14/1863 at Nashville, TN

On 1/14/1863 he transferred into IL Bridges' Light Artillery
He was transferred out on 12/21/1864

On 12/21/1864 he transferred into "Battery B" Co. IL 1st Light Artillery
He was Mustered Out on 7/10/1865

Promotions:
* Capt 1/14/1863 (As of Bridge's IL Light Artillery)
* Major 12/21/1864 (Not Mustered, declined commission)

Other Information:
born in 1836 in Leicister, MA
died 4/12/1919 in Piedmont, CA

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:

- Illinois: Roster of Officers and Enlisted Men
- Research by John Heseltine
- Photo courtesy of Karl Sundstrom

NOTES:

The following was submitted by: John Heseltine

Bridges, Lyman of Chicago, Ill. March 1836 born at Leicister, Mass. single,
civil engineer;

June 21, 1861 enlisted at Chicago as 1stlt., Co. G, 19th Ill. Infantry Rgt.
Jan. 14, 1863 transferred to Bridges (Ill.) Independent Light Artillery Battery;
no date capt. May 22, 1864 appointed acting chief of artillery, IV Corps,
Army of the Tennessee; Dec. 21, 1864 transferred to Battery B, 1st Ill. Artillery
Rgt. no date resigned having declined promotion to major; July 10, 1865 mo;

1880 civil engineer at Chicago;
April 5, 1897 applied for a pension (application #1190155/certificate #953338)
while living in California;
1900 civil engineer and widower at Tuscon, Ariz.

April 12, 1919 died at Piedmont, Calif.

5 feet, 9 inches tall, brown hair and brown or blue eyes;

Wife; Ana Osgood Bridges (c.1845 born in India); daughter Edith Bridges, c.1870 born
in Illinois