When Dwight Stuart Bridgman was born on 8 February 1858, in Westhampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Abner Pomeroy Bridgman, was 25 and his mother, Hannah Strong Ludden, was 24. He married Mary Lyon Matthews on 8 August 1883, in Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Westhampton, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States in 1924. He died on 1 April 1955, in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 97, and was buried in Center Cemetery, Southampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.
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The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
English: variant of Bridgeman .
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