Authors note. Although there are errors on some the names and dates they are the same person.
State New York Records.
WHEAT, CHARLES D.—Age, 21 years. Enlisted, July 16, 1863, at Owego; mustered in as private, Co. B, August 28, 1863, to serve three years; deserted, January 15, 1865, from hospital, at York, Pa.
Medical and Surgical History of the Rebellion.
Charles D. Wheat, private, Co. B., New York Cavalry, Age 18 years. New Market, May 16, 1864. Sabre wound of the abdomen. Treated in Harrisburg and New York hospitals. Furloughed, and not returning reported a deserter on December 30, 1864.
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State New York Records.
HALL, BENJAMIN .W.—Age, 40 years. Enlisted at Potsdam, to serve three years, and mustered in as private, Co. H, December 16, 1861; wounded in action, May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va..; discharged for disability, April 29, 1863, at New Berne, N. C.
Medical and Surgical History of the Rebellion.
CASE 95. Private B. W. Hall, Co. H, 92d New York, received a lacerated wound of the abdomen, by a fragment of shell, at Fair Oaks, May 31, 1862. The wound was dressed at the field hospital On June 7th, the patient was transferred to Knight Hospital, New Haven, whence he was discharged from service on April 29, 1863, on account of " hernia from wound." Pension Examiner S. C. Wait, "in a report dated February, 1868, states : " the missile struck the abdomen just inside of Poupnrt's ligament, at the upper or inner inguinal ring, causing the loss of a portion of the muscular and ligamentous covering of the abdomen, letting the bowels out, and producing traumatic hernia. The tumor under the skin is very large. He wears a truss and a wide strap around him all the time to keep the bowels, etc., in. While walking, he rotates the left thigh inwardly and has to keep the left leg forward of the other. Locomotion is very difficult and embarrassing. His disability is greater than the loss of a leg, and is permanent in its present degree."
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State New York Records.
TIFFANY, JARED.—Age, 43 years. Enlisted, November 7, 1862, at Buffalo; mustered in as private, December 17, 1862, to Serve three years; appointed farrier, date not stated; died of injuries from railroad cars, April 6, 1864, at Washington, D. C.
Medical and Surgical History of the Rebellion.
CASE 108. Private Gerald Tiffany, 27th New York Battery, aged 44 years, falling between the platforms of two railway cars, February 6, 18(54, was caught and squeezed between the buffers. The compression was antero posterior and over a space to the left of the umbilicus in front, and between the crest of the ilium and the ribs behind. There was eechymosis in the lumbar region, but the integuments were intact. The patient was conveyed to Kalorama Hospital. There was profound collapse, from which he slowly rallied. The abdomen was tender and swollen, the urine bloody. Emollient fomentations were applied and opiates were administered, and diluents and a light diet were prescribed. There were symptoms of peritonitis during the first week, but not of an aggravated character. The hsematuria persisted for three weeks, clots being passed occasionally molded of the form of the ureter. There was dulness of percussion over the left flank. The symptoms seemed to indicate rupture of the left kidney, with limited and probably extra-peritoneal urinary extravasation. Balsamic remedies were employed, and the bloody appearance of the urine at last disappeared; an albuminous condition of the secretion persisting. (Edema of the lower extremities supervened. With occasional amendments, the evidence of uraomic infection became more confirmed. The patient had several severe attacks of diarrhoea, and sank and died from the effects of his injuries on April 6, 1864. No autopsy.
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State New York Records.
MYERS, DANIEL H.—Age, 21 years. Enlisted, August 30,1862, at Middletown, to serve three years; mustered in- as private, Co. G, September 27, 1862; promoted corporal, September 25, 1863; wounded in action, November 20, 1864, at Honey Hill, S. C.; died of his wounds, December 17, 1864, in hospital at Hilton Head, S. C.
Medical and Surgical History of the Rebellion.
CASE 114. Captain D. M. Myers, Co. G, 141th New York, was struck in the abdomen, at the engagement at Honey Hill, South Carolina, November 30, 1864, by a spent cannon ball. There was no external injury; but collapse, followed by nausea and vomiting, tenderness and tension of the abdomen, and bloody stools, indicated serious internal mischief. This officer was conveyed to the hospital at Hilton Head. Symptoms of traumatic peritonitis were combated by opium and emollient fomentations. He died on December 17, 1864. No autopsy.
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BISHOP, ISRAEL.—Age, 19 years. Enlisted, January 30,1864, at Glenville; mustered in as private, Co. B, February 1, 1864, to serve three years; wounded, date not stated; died of such wounds, June 3, 1864, at Regimental Hospital, Cold Harbor, Va.
CASE 360. Corporal J. Higgins, Co. A, 159th New York, aged 19 years, was wounded at Irish Bend, April 14, 1863. Surgeon T. B. Reed, U. S. V., reported his admission to the field hospital of the 4th division, Nineteenth Corps, with a "shot wound of leg." Assistant Surgeon P. S. Conner, U. S. A., contributed the pathological specimen represented in the annexed wood-cuts (FlGS. 132, 133), with the following history: "The patient entered University Hospital, New Orleans, April 17, 1863. Upon examination he was found to have a wound just below and external to the head of the left fibula, the track of the ball being upward and inward. The missile had not been extracted nor could it be detected. There being no evidence of fracture, the case was regarded as a simple flesh wound and treated accordingly. On the seventh day after admission haemorrhage supervened, but upon cutting down through the popliteal space no bleeding vessel could be detected, and no further hemorrhage occurred. On passing the finger along the track of the wound the superior margin of a cavity was felt, which appeared to be a portion of the femur partially split off and thrown backward. There being no displacement or other evidence of fracture extending entirely across the shaft, and the man being unable to give any account of his position at the time of receiving the injury, it was concluded that the ball had lodged in the femur. Though much prostrated by the loss of blood the patient was rallied by careful nursing. As a precautionary measure the limb was placed in an anterior splint after a few days, from which time the case progressed quite favorably until May 15th, when rigors came on and the patient failed rapidly. He died on May 18, 1863, thirty-five days after being wounded. At the post-mortem examination no inflammation of the knee joint was discovered, but little pus at the seat of the injury, and no abscesses in the lungs or liver. An inspection of the specimen indicates that the leg must have been strongly flexed on the thigh at the time the man was shot." The specimen shows longitudinal fractures on the anterior surface of the bone, with some periosteal thickening, and the ball lodged in the medullary canal.
State New York Records.
BISHOP, ISRAEL.—Age, 19 years. Enlisted, January 30,1864, at Glenville; mustered in as private, Co. B, February 1, 1864, to serve three years; wounded, date not stated; died of such wounds, June 3, 1864, at Regimental Hospital, Cold Harbor, Va.
Medical and Surgical History of the Rebellion.
CASE 120. Private I. Bishop, 50th New York Engineers, was struck in the abdomen on June 4, 1864, at the battle of Cold Harbor, by a large fragment of shell. Collapse was immediate and intense, and reaction was slowly brought about by the administration of diffusible stimulants, the application of external warmth, with friction of the surface of the extremities Surgeon C. N. Hewitt, 50th New York, reports that there was excessive tenderness, with meteorism, as noon as reaction was established. Opium was freely administered, and warm cataplasms were applied over the abdomen. The patient suffering acutely, lingered for nearly forty-eight hours, and died on June 6, 1864. A large rent, witk gangrenous edges, appeared in the jejunum. Freces and a small amount of semi-fluid blood were found in the peritoneal cavity.
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State New York Records.
HOAR, JOHN.—Age, 18 years. Enlisted, August 27, 1862, at Middletown, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co.G, September 27, 1862; mustered out with company, June 25, 1865, at Hilton Head, S. C.
Medical and Surgical History of the Rebellion.
CASES 121. Private J. Hoar, Co. G, 144th New York, aged 22 years, wounded at White Plains, July 24, 1863. Shot wound of right foot; admitted into Douglas Hospital, Washington; haemorrhage to the extent of six ounces occurred from the metatarsal artery on August 1st. Assistant Surgeon W. Thomson, U. S. A., ligated the anterior tibial artery in the continuity at the instep and the posterior tibial behind the malleolus. The wounds healed well, and the patient was returned to duty from Central Park Hospital, New York, April 11, 1864. He is not a pensioner.
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State New York Records.
Murphy Martin-Age 32 years. Enlisted, January 1, 1864, at Clymer; mustered in as a private Co. D., January 1, 1864, to serve three years; Killed June 3, 1864, at Cold Harbor, Va.
Medical and Surgical History of the Rebellion.
CASE 198. Private M. Murphy, Co. D, 8th New York Heavy Artillery, was wounded at Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864, by a conoidal ball. He was taken to the field hospital of the 2d division, Second Corps, where Surgeon J. F. Dyer, 19th Massachusetts, records : "Shot fracture of the right hip joint and wound of both shoulders." He died June 6, 1864. The cause of death is given on the burial records as "shot wound of bowels."
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State New York Records.
FULTON, ISAAC —Age, 18 years. Enlisted, January 26, 1864, at Claverack; mustered in as private, Co. I, January 26, 1864, to serve three years; wounded, date not stated; died of wounds, October
1,1864, at City Point, Va.
1,1864, at City Point, Va.
Medical and Surgical History of the Rebellion.
CASE 279. Private Isaac C. Fulton, Co. I, 4th New York Heavy Artillery, was wounded, on October 1, 1864, in the trenches before Petersburg, by a fragment of shell, which shattered the upper extremity of his left femur and lacerated the soft tissues on the outside of the thigh, without, however, implicating any important vessels or nerves. He was immediately carried to the Second Corps field hospital, under the charge of Surgeon F. F. Burmeister, 69th Pennsylvania, and a consultation was held, at which it was determined that an amputation at the hip joint was the only resource that could possibly preserve life. The wounded man was, therefore, immediately placed under the influence of chloroform, and Surgeon J. W. Wishart, 140th Pennsylvania, did the operation. The ordinary method by antero-posterior flaps formed by transfixion was employed. The operation was rapidly performed and but a trifling quantity of blood was lost. The patient survived the shock of the injury and operation but a few hours, and died at City Point, October 1, 1864.
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State New York Records.
RUGG, HENRY F.—Age, 36 yeans. Enlisted, September 20,1861, at Carthage; mustered in as private, Co. H, October 15,1861, to serve three years; re-enlisted', November 12;, 1863; wounded,
June 6,1864, at Cold Harbor, Va.; appointed sergeant, date not stated; discharged for disability, September 11, 1866, at Ira Harris United States Army General Hospital, Albany, N. Y.
June 6,1864, at Cold Harbor, Va.; appointed sergeant, date not stated; discharged for disability, September 11, 1866, at Ira Harris United States Army General Hospital, Albany, N. Y.
Medical and Surgical History of the Rebellion.
CASE 350. Private H. F. Rugg, Co. H, 2d New York Heavy Artillery; wounded at Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864; a minie ball passed through the middle third of the right thigh, injuring the bone and causing necrosis. Circular amputation of the thigh at the upper third was successfully performed at Blairsville, Pennsylvania, on January 24, 1866, by Drs. St. Clair and T. M. Laney. The pensioner was paid in 1878.
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State New York Records.
HIGGINS, JOHN.—Age, 18 years. Enlisted, September 6, 1862, at Hudson, to serve three years; mustered in as corporal, Co. A, November 1,1862; wounded in action, April 14,1.863, at Irish
Bend, La.; died of his wounds, May 18,1863, at New Orleans, La.
Bend, La.; died of his wounds, May 18,1863, at New Orleans, La.
Medical and Surgical History of the Rebellion.
CASE 360. Corporal J. Higgins, Co. A, 159th New York, aged 19 years, was wounded at Irish Bend, April 14, 1863. Surgeon T. B. Reed, U. S. V., reported his admission to the field hospital of the 4th division, Nineteenth Corps, with a "shot wound of leg." Assistant Surgeon P. S. Conner, U. S. A., contributed the pathological specimen represented in the annexed wood-cuts (FlGS. 132, 133), with the following history: "The patient entered University Hospital, New Orleans, April 17, 1863. Upon examination he was found to have a wound just below and external to the head of the left fibula, the track of the ball being upward and inward. The missile had not been extracted nor could it be detected. There being no evidence of fracture, the case was regarded as a simple flesh wound and treated accordingly. On the seventh day after admission haemorrhage supervened, but upon cutting down through the popliteal space no bleeding vessel could be detected, and no further hemorrhage occurred. On passing the finger along the track of the wound the superior margin of a cavity was felt, which appeared to be a portion of the femur partially split off and thrown backward. There being no displacement or other evidence of fracture extending entirely across the shaft, and the man being unable to give any account of his position at the time of receiving the injury, it was concluded that the ball had lodged in the femur. Though much prostrated by the loss of blood the patient was rallied by careful nursing. As a precautionary measure the limb was placed in an anterior splint after a few days, from which time the case progressed quite favorably until May 15th, when rigors came on and the patient failed rapidly. He died on May 18, 1863, thirty-five days after being wounded. At the post-mortem examination no inflammation of the knee joint was discovered, but little pus at the seat of the injury, and no abscesses in the lungs or liver. An inspection of the specimen indicates that the leg must have been strongly flexed on the thigh at the time the man was shot." The specimen shows longitudinal fractures on the anterior surface of the bone, with some periosteal thickening, and the ball lodged in the medullary canal. 
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