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Pvt Joseph P Bradshaw

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Pvt Joseph P Bradshaw Veteran

Birth
Tennessee, USA
Death
30 Nov 1862 (aged 20–21)
Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
Plot
SECTION A SITE 2323
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Civil War Veteran
Co H 30th Iowa Infantry

From military records:
Bradshaw, Joseph P.
Age 21.
Residence Batavia,
nativity Tennessee.
Enlisted Aug. 22, 1862.
Mustered Sept. 14, 1862.
Died of disease Nov. 30, 1862, Helena, Ark.
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Buried initially at Helena. In 1867 exhumed and moved to Memphis National Cemetery.
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The death list of Iowa soldiers at Helena and at other places among the lowlands of Arkansas grew to frightful proportions. A large number returned to their homes with health greatly impaired, some of whom subsequently died of the ailments with which they were afflicted, and many more were never fully restored to health." (Info from "The Union Army" published 1908.)
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Bradshaw, Charles C. P. Age 26 born TN and Bradshaw, Martin V.B. Age 20, Born IA, (possibly his brothers), residence Batavia, also enlisted into Co H 30th Iowa.
Both survived the war.
Civil War Veteran
Co H 30th Iowa Infantry

From military records:
Bradshaw, Joseph P.
Age 21.
Residence Batavia,
nativity Tennessee.
Enlisted Aug. 22, 1862.
Mustered Sept. 14, 1862.
Died of disease Nov. 30, 1862, Helena, Ark.
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Buried initially at Helena. In 1867 exhumed and moved to Memphis National Cemetery.
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The death list of Iowa soldiers at Helena and at other places among the lowlands of Arkansas grew to frightful proportions. A large number returned to their homes with health greatly impaired, some of whom subsequently died of the ailments with which they were afflicted, and many more were never fully restored to health." (Info from "The Union Army" published 1908.)
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Bradshaw, Charles C. P. Age 26 born TN and Bradshaw, Martin V.B. Age 20, Born IA, (possibly his brothers), residence Batavia, also enlisted into Co H 30th Iowa.
Both survived the war.

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