"The data you found seems contradictory too. I can't believe there were two more Richard Bridges enlisting in Yazoo County on the same day in 1861, by a Gen. Griffith and a Captain Griffith, and one enlisted in the Yazoo Minute Rifles, and the other into the 46th MS Inf."

It seems obvious to me, that these two are the same men. CW records which were compiled during the late 19th century from available documents are not sufficiently complete to accurately complete a description of any indivdual. Interrpretation is required.

The enlistment date is what ties these two together, they are one and the same to me, both enlisted by a man named Griffith.

George Martin