"In April 1864, a commander in the Confederate Army detailed an officer and two privates to accompany Jordon Mann, a teenage soldier from the 12th Missouri Cavalry, to St. Elizabeths, then named the U.S. Government Hospital for the Insane. The young soldier had been termed “an insane man,” a letter from the commander shows. Months later, he died of typhoid fever."

NO,

Jordan Mann, Enlisted as a Private "C" Co. MO 12th Cavalry, USA

18 year old Farmer, born in Kentucky, enlisted October 28,1863, died of Typhoid Fever at Insane Asylum Sept. 6, 1864

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Head Quarters, St. Louis District, Special Orders No. 72

Private Jordan Mann, Co. C. 12th Regt. Cavalry Mo. Vols. will be sent with proper attendant on the 10th Inst. to Washington, D. C. for admission into the Government Asylum. . .

Brig. Genl. Clinton B. Fisk, Ass't. Adj't. Gen'l.*

Suffering from Moral Insanity

M405: Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Missouri.

* Clinton Bowen Fisk

Residence was not listed; 33 years old.
Enlisted on 9/5/1862 as a Colonel.
On 9/5/1862 he was commissioned into Field & Staff MO 33rd Infantry
He was discharged for promotion on 11/24/1862
On 11/24/1862 he was commissioned into
US Volunteers General Staff
He was Mustered Out on 9/1/1866
Promotions:
* Brig-General 11/24/1862
* Major-Gen 3/13/1865 by Brevet

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:

- Dyer: A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion
- Heitman: Register of United States Army 1789-1903
- Generals in Blue, Lives of the Union Commanders
- Photo courtesy of Massachusetts Commandery of MOLLUS
- Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force 1861-1865
- Index to Compiled Military Service Records