Colonel Geza Mihalotzy.

Geza Mihalotzy.

Birth: April 21, 1825.
Death: March 11, 1864.

Burial: Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton county, Tennessee.

Biographical Sketch of Colonel Geza Mihalotzy

 

In 1861, Geza Mihalotzy (Mihaloci), a former military officer of the Austro-Hungarian Empire who emigrated to Chicago, wrote to President Abraham Lincoln requesting his authorization to organize a military company named the "Lincoln Riflemen of Sclavonic Origin." Lincoln granted his approval, allowing this first volunteer unit from Chicago, which included many Slovaks, to fight in the Civil War. The unit was eventually incorporated into the 24th regiment of the Illinois infantry.

Lieutenant Geza Mihalotzy.

Illinois Civil War Detail Report.

Name: MIHALOTZY, GEZA. Rank: LTC. Company: HQ. Unit: 24 IL US INF. Personal Characteristics. Residence: CHICAGO, COOK CO, IL. Age: 36. Nativity: BUDA, HUNGARY. Service Record. Joined When: JUN 16, 1861. Joined Where: CHICAGO, IL. Period: 3 YRS. Muster In: JUL 8, 1861. Muster In Where: ALTON, IL. Remarks: PROMOTED COLONEL.

Colonel Geza Mihalotzy.

Illinois Civil War Detail Report.

Name: MIHALOTZY, GEZA. Rank: COL. Company: HQ. Unit: 24 IL US INF. Personal Characteristics. Residence: CHICAGO, COOK CO, IL. Age: 37. Marital Status: MARRIED. Occupation: SOLDIER. Nativity: BUDA, HUNGARY. Service Record. Joined When: DEC 24, 1861. Joined where: BACON CREEK, KY. Period: 3 YRS. Muster In: DEC 24, 1861. Muster In Where: MURFREESBORO, TN. Remarks: DIED AT CHATTANOOGA TENN MAR 11, 1864 OF WOUNDS RECD AT BUZZARD ROOST GA FEB 25, 1864.

Files of the Surgeon General.

 

CASE 1320. Colonel Geza Mihalotzy, 24th Illinois, was wounded at Tunnel Hill, February 25, 1864. Surgeon L. D. Harlow, U. S. V., reported from the Officers Hospital, Lookout Mountain : "A deep gunshot flesh wound of the right arm above the elbow. Haemorrhage, amounting to sixteen ounces, from the anastomotica magna, took place on March 2d. Solution of perchloride of iron was applied. The patient died March 11, 1864, probably from pyaemia which succeeded the haemorrhage."

William P. Holden, 2nd., Maine Infantry.

William P Holden.

Birth: unknown.
Death: May 5, 1863.

Note: son of Prescott and Rosanna Holden, died in Annapolis Md, of wounds suffered in Second Battle of Bull Run

Burial: Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine.

Files of the Surgeon General.

CASK. Sergeant William P. Holden, Co. G, 2nd., Maine Volunteers, aged 26 years, was admitted to the hospital at Annapolis, Maryland, on November 15th, 1862, with a gunshot wound of the integuments of the forehead. The wound granulated kindly, and cicatrization was almost complete, and the patient improved steadily until May 5th, 1863, when he was attacked by a severe pain In the head, which rapidly increased and became intense, in spite of counter irritation and anodyne the plications. Death took place on May 5th, only six hours from the time that the pain first set in. At the autopsy, the anterior lobe of the cerebrum was found softened and disorganized. There were four ounces of pus in the lateral ventricle. Surgeon T. A.
McParlin, U. S. A., reported the case.
 

MIles P. Hatch, 161st., N. Y., Infantry.

Miles P Hatch.

Birth: unknown.
Death: Jan. 13, 1865.

Burial: Chalmette National Cemetery, Chalmette, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana.

New York State Records.

HATCH, MILES P.—Age, 22 years. Enlisted, September 5, 1864, at Jasper, to serve one year; mustered in as private, Co.H, October 3,1864; died, January 13,1865, at Marine Hospital, New Orleans, La,

Files of the Surgeon General.

CASE. Private Miles P. Hatch, Co. H, 161st New York Volunteers, aged 22 years, was admitted, on January 12th, 1865, to St. Louis Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana, with twenty other wounded men, injured on the occasion of the collision between the United States transport J. H. Dickey, and John Ruin, on the Mississippi River, fifteen miles below Vicksburg, on January 9th, 1865. Private Hatch was found to be still laboring under the effects of concussion of the brain. He had received a violent blow, causing a wound of the scalp and fracture of the skull. Symptoms of injury to the brain persisting, the wound in the scalp was enlarged, and the fracture was exposed, and a fragment of depiessed bone was removed. The case terminated fatally on January 14th, 1865. This imperfect account is derived from the monthly report of the 161st New York Volunteers, for January, 1865, and from the hospital register, signed by Surgeon A. McMahon, U. S. V.

John A. Howard, 21st., Penn., Cavalry.

John A. Howard.

Birth: Sep. 12, 1840, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Death: Oct. 21, 1919, Scotland, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

Burial: Spring Hill Cemetery, Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

Civil War Record.

A Civil War veteran, he first served with Mercereau's Independent Cavalry Militia August 20, 1863 - February, 1864, but is on the roster as "John Hower." He then enlisted and mustered into federal service at Chambersburg February 4, 1864, as a private with Co. G, 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry (182nd Pa). Wounded in the head at Petersburg, Virginia, August 8, 1864, he returned to active duty (minus some hair, as the photo to the right shows) and honorably discharged with his company July 8, 1865.

Files of the Surgeon General.

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HOWARD, JOHN A., Private, Co. G, 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry, aged 21 years, was wounded in the engagement of the 2d Cavalry Division with the enemy near Jettersville, Virginia, April 5th, 1865, by two sabre-cuts, one of the right side of the head, and the other on the back. He was admitted to the Field Hospital of the Cavalry Corps on the day of his injury, when it was ascertained that the wound in the back was not serious, but that the cut on the head, six inches in length, and nearly parallel to the coronal suture, had involved the external table of the parietal bone. The hair was shaven, the wound approximated by adhesive strips, and cold water dressing applied. There were no grave cerebral symptoms, and on April 28th the wounded man was sent to the Base Hospital, at City Point, and thence, on April 30th, to Harewood Hospital, at Washington. A day or two after his admission, a photograph of his wound was made, by direction of Surgeon R. B. Bontecou, U. S. Vols., which is preserved as No. 16 of Volume I, Photographs of Surgical Cases, A. M. M. The middle figure in the preceding lithograph of "Sabre wounds of the head" is a faithful copy of this picture. His case progressing very favorably, Howard was transferred, on May 18th, to Mower Hospital, at Philadelphia. He was mustered out of service on .Inly 18th, 1865, with a pension of six dollars a month. In December, 1867, Howard was living at Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. He writes that he suffers greatly from dizziness, and that there have been several exfoliations from the parietal bones since he went to his home.

Elbert Wilkins Ernest, 9th, Iowa Cavalry.

Elbert Wilkins Ernest.

Birth: 1833, North Carolina.
Death: Apr., 1898, Leon, Decatur County, Iowa.

Veteran of the Civil War, 9th Iowa Cavalry. Blinded by small pox.

Wife's: Sarah A Earnest (1839 - 1864), Emily J Earnest (1845 - 1909).

Burial: Leon Cemetery, Leon, Decatur County, Iowa.

Files of the Surgeon General.

CASE. Elbert Ernest, saddler, Co. C, 9th Iowa Cavalry, aged 31 years, being admitted for small-pox into the Small-pox Hospital at St. Louis, was treated there until July 2d, 1864, when he was admitted into the Marine Hospital in very feeble health, and with a perforation of the right cheek, the orifice being about three-fourths of an inch in circumference. On July 9th, 1864, Surgeon A, Hammer, U. S. V., performed a plastic operation. Wire sutures were used, and simple dressings applied. The patient was discharged on August 12th, 1864, for "central opacity of both cornea, arising from varioloid, not much improved." The case is reported by the operator. On January 16th, 1868, Pension Examiner W. F. Peck reports that the patient s vision is totally extinct.

William Day, 57th., Illinois Infantry.

William Day.

Birth: unknown
Death: Apr. 3, 1864.

Burial: Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum Chicago Cook County, Illinois.

ILLINOIS STATE ARCHIVES.

Illinois Civil War Detail Report.

 

Name: DAY, WILLIAM. Rank: PVT. Company: C. Unit: 57 IL US INF. Personal Characteristics. Residence: CHICAGO, COOK CO, IL. Age: 41. Height: 5' 10. Hair: DARK. Eyes: GRAY. Complexion: LIGHT. Marital Status: SINGLE. Occupation: STEWARD. Nativity: IRELAND. Service Record. Joined When: NOV 29, 1861. Joined Where: CHICAGO, IL. Period: 3 YRS. Muster In: DEC 30, 1861. Muster In Where: CAMP DOUGLASS, IL. Remarks: REENLISTED AS A VETERAN.  Re-enlisted as a veteran December 30, 1863, mustered in March, 1864, at Camp Douglas Illinois.  Died April 3, 1864.

 

Files of the Surgeon General.

CASE. Private William Day, Co. C. 57th Illinois Volunteers, aged 44 years, an epileptic subject, a deserter from his regiment, had a severe fall, April 1st, 1864, and was admitted, in a delirious state, to the Marine Hospital at Chicago, Illinois.  Acting Assistant Surgeon R. M. Isham, who reports the case, does not describe the symptoms, or the appearances at the autopsy ; but states that there was a fracture of the base of the cranium, and that compression of the brain, consequent upon a large extravasation of blood within the skull, was the cause of death. The patient died April 3d, 1864.

Augustus Reinwald, 42nd., Pennsylvania, Infantry.

Augustus Reinwald.

Birth: 1835.
Death: 1906.

Burial: Knowlton Cemetery, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.

Authors note.  He is recorded under three names; Reinwaldd, Relinwalt, Rhanewalt.

Pennsylvania State Records.

13th., Pennsylvania Reserve Corps/ 42nd., Pennsylvania Volunteers/ 1st., Pennsylvania Rifles; Elk County Rifles.

Rhanewalt, August, Private, mustered in May 29, 1861, for  3 years.  Discharged for wounds received at South Mountain, September 14, 1862.

Files of the Surgeon General.

CASE. Sergeant Augustus Reinwald, CoG, 42d Pennsylvania Volunteers, was wounded at the battle of South Mountain, Maryland, September 14th, 1862, by a conoidal ball, which entered the left side of the face at base of nose, passed backward, and emerged from behind the right ear, separating the mastoid process of the temporal bone. He became insensible. For several hours after return of consciousness there was bleeding from mouth, ear, and eye. On September 2tHh, he was admitted to the Patent Office Hospital, Washington, and on October 5th sent to Ladies Home Hospital, New York City. The portio dura, and third pair of nerves were paralyzed. There was loss of vision of right eye, and of sensation and mobility of right side of face.

The patient was unable to swallow or open his mouth. Febrile action set in, which, together with pain in head and profuse suppuration of wound, rapidly reduced the strength of the patient. He became pale, weak, and emaciated; skin was moist, appetite poor; pulse regular, slow, and compressible; the eye was lachrymose, and the mouth drawn to opposite side. The wound in the face healed, but the posterior wound continued to discharge profusely. He was discharged on March 21st, 1863, and pensioned, his disability being rated one-half, by Pension Examiner A. B. Mott.

Patrick H. Green, 125th., N. Y. Infantry.

New York State Records.

GREEN PATRICK H.—Age, 26 years. Enlisted, August 25, 1862, at Troy, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. H, August 27, 1862; surrendered, September 15, 1862, and paroled, September 16,1862, at Harper's Ferry, Va.; discharged for disability, September 23, 1863, at New York city.

Files of the Surgeon General.

CASE. Private Patrick H. Green, Co. H, 125th New York Volunteers, while on furlough, received a blow on the left side of the head from a slung shot, on the night of May 23d, 1863. He was treated by a private physician until June 3d, when he was admitted into the Ladies Home Hospital, New York City. Twenty-four hours after his admission he had a spasm of the right side of the body, and, upon examination, there was found to be a depressed fracture of the skull. The scalp was laid open by an incision, and trephining was performed, and the depressed portions of bone were removed. The scalp wound was united by sutures, and a compress of cloths wet with tepid water were applied. Rest and quiet were enjoined. The convulsions ceased after the operation, and the wound discharged freely. The patient progressed favorably, and was discharged from service on September 21st, 1863, for hemiplegia. Acting Assistant Surgeon John W. Robie reports the case.

Francis Wilson Gilkey, 10th., Pennsylvania Reserves..


Francis Wilson Gilkey.

Birth: Nov. 7, 1837, New Galilee, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
Death: Feb. 27, 1893, New Galilee, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.

Parents: William Gilkey (1810 - 1887), Isabella Miller Gilkey (1812 - 1863).

Wife: Margaret Lauretta Edwards Gilkey (1847 - 1930).

Children: Florence Isabel Gilkey Foster (1869 - 1892). Anna May Gilkey (1870 - 1893). William Rolland Gilkey (1871 - 1959). Francis Edwards Gilkey (1873 - 1951). Jessie Kate Gilkey (1876 - 1888). Mary Elizabeth Gilkey (1878 - 1880). Verna Vernissa Gilkey (1879 - 1888). Willis Willard Gilkey (1879 - 1955). Alexander Savage Gilkey (1882 - 1888). Wilson Miller Gilkey (1885 - 1888). John Everett Gilkey (1886 - 1947). Thomas Delbert Gilkey (1888 - 1952). Stella Margaret Gilkey McCullough (1891 - 1973).

Burial: Rocky Spring Cemetery, New Galilee, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.

10th., Pennsylvania Reserves, 39th., Regiment, Volunteers, Company K.

Gilkey, Francis W. Private, mustered in June 20, 1861, for 3 years.  Wounded at Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862; discharged on Surgeon's Certificate, June 29, 1863.

Surgeon General Files.

GILKEY. FRANCIS W., Private, Co. K, 10th Pennsylvania Reserves, was wounded in one of the earlier battles of the war, and made a prisoner. In January, 1863, he was exchanged, and received at the Annapolis General Hospital. He had, to the right of the vertex, a large ulcer, resulting from a gunshot wound of the scalp, extending over the sagittal suture. The skull was necrosed, and probably there had been denudation, with contusion of the bone. Erysipelas supervened, followed by gangrene. When this was arrested, exfoliation took place, and the brain was exposed. The fragment of the skull exfoliated is represented in the adjoining wood cuts (Figs. 30 and 31), copied at natural size from the specimen for warded by the attending physician, Dr. A. V. Cherbonnier. Granulations sprang up, the wound closed, and the patient recovered without any further complications. He was discharged from service on January 29th, 1863. His name does not appear on the Pension rolls.

Three Freedman of the Civil War.

These names were taken from the files of the Surgeon General.

JACKSON, JOHN, Freedman, was cut on the scalp by a knife, in an affray at Vicksburg, Mississippi, May 8th, 1864. He was received into the Freedman s Hospital, whence he deserted on May 12th, 1864.

CASK. Jesse Smith, Freedman, aged 18 years, employed as a cattle driver, rolled off, in his sleep, from the hay in a  stable loft, and fell, some twelve feet to the floor, striking his head. He was found in the morning, cold and insensible, lying on the stable floor, near the horses. Under the use of frictions, hot drinks, and other restoratives he revived, and was carried to the Freedmen s Hospital, at Alexandria, Virginia. Acting Assistant Surgeon Robert N. Atwood, found a wound of the scalp of a crucial form over the right parietal eminence, and a depressed fracture of the bone; but, as the general condition of the patient was comfortable.

CASE 206. D. Brazee, a freedman, aged 25 years, received a punctured wound of the abdomen, from a knife, in a fight on the steamer Cook, at Vicksburg, June 5, 1865. He was conveyed to the hospital for freedmen. The wound was two inches in lengfli, and was situated one inch to the right of the left anterior superior spinous process of the ilium. Knuckles of the jejunum and ileum protruded. The intestines were cut in three places, and several brandies of the mesenteric artery were divided. Surgeon T. J. Wright, 64th U. S. Colored Troops, closed the wounds -of the intestines by sutures, ligated the wounded branches of the mesenteric artery, and enlarged the opening and returned the intestines. The wound of the parietes was then closed by sutures, and simple dressings were applied. Death resulted on the next day. Extravasated blood and firves were found in the cavity. Acting Assistant Surgeon C. A. Costar reported the case.

Daniel Snow, New York.

Daniel Snow.

Birth: unknown.
Death: Sep. 17, 1864.

Burial: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia.

New York State Records.

SONW, DANIEL.—Age, 27 years- Enlisted, December 23, 1863',at Wells, N. Y.; mustered in as private, Co. F, January 6, 1864,to serve three years; died of disease1, September 17, 1864, at
Douglas Hospital, Washington, D. C..

Surgeon General Files.

CASE 896. Private Daniel Snow, company F, 2d New York heavy artillery; enlisted January 6, 1864, and is reported present with his company until after the first of May. On the muster-roll for May and June he is reported missing, and on that for July and August: "Absent; confined as a deserter by the provost-marshal." While in confinement he was attacked with dysentery, and became so sick that he was admitted to the field hospital of the 3rd Army Corps at City Point, Virginia, September 6, 1864, where the diagnosis recorded was chronic dysentery.

He appeared to be so ill that next day he was put on board the steamer Connecticut for transfer to general hospital. He was admitted to Douglas hospital, Washington, D. C., September 9th, and the following particulars were communicated by Asst. Surgeon Win. F. Norris, U. S. A.: The patient was much emaciated, and, in addition to the usual symptoms of the advanced stage of dysentery, had jaundice and frequent bilious vomiting. The abdomen was flat and tender, the skin cool, the pulse feeble. He had stupor, low delirium and involuntary stools. Died, September 17, 1864.

Eben L. Farrar, 96th., N. Y. Infantry.

Eben L. Farrar.

Birth: 1843, Highgate, Franklin County, Vermont.
Death: Jul. 4, 1864, Virginia.

Parents: James Farrar (____ - 1893), Diana Chapell Farrar (1804 - 1888).

He mustered in as a private on NY 96th Infantry Regiment, Co. I, on 6 Jan 1862. He reenlisted as a veteran on 5 Jan 1864. He was wounded in action and died of his wounds 4 Jul 1864 at Fort Monroe, VA. He served in the US Army.

Burial: Hampton National Cemetery, , Hampton, Hampton City, Virginia.

New York State Records.

Eben L. Farrar, age 18 years.  Enlisted, December 24, 1861, at Warrensburg, to serve  three years; mustered in January 6, 1862; re-enlisted as a veteran, January 6, 1864; wounded in action, no date; died of his wounds, July 4, 1864, at Fort Monroe, Va.

Surgeon General Files.

CASE. Eben L. Farrar, Musician, Co. I, 96th New York Volunteers, aged 19 years, was wounded in an engagement before Petersburg, Virginia, June 23d, 1864, by a conoidal ball, which tore the scalp over the parietal bone. He was at once admitted to the field hospital of the Eighteenth Corps, and, on June 25th, transferred to the Hampton Hospital, Fortress Monroe. Simple dressings were applied to the wound. He died on July 4th, 1864, from the " effects of the scalp wound.". 

Edward Connors or Conners, 9th., Illinois Cavalry.

Edward Conners, Private, 9th., Illinois, Cavalry, Co. A., Residence Geneseo, enlisted September 1, 1861, mustered in September 18, 1861.  Re-enlisted as a veteran, mustered in May 16, 1864.

Surgeon General Files.

Edward Connors, private, Co. A., 9th., Illinois Cavalry, age 22, received  in a street fight a blow from a stone which struck the left side of the forehead.  Was taken to Lawson Hospital in St. Louis, and there he died at midnight of March 24, 1864.

Burial: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louts, St. Louis County, Missouri.

Authors note.  In the National Park Service, and Surgeon General Files he is listed as Connors.
In the Illinois State records he is listed as Conners.

John A. Porter, 36th., Illinois Infantry.

Lieut John A Porter.

Birth: Oct., 1838, Ohio.
Death: Jan. 7, 1904, Warren County, Illinois.

Son of James Cochran Porter and Sarah E Patterson Porter

Married Frances F McClure (1846 - 1929). April 30, 1868 Keithsburg, Mercer County, Illinois.

Later his occupation: Teacher.

Parents: Sarah E. Patterson Porter (1828 - 1907).

Burial: Monmouth Cemetery, Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois.

LLINOIS STATE ARCHIVES.
Illinois Civil War Detail Report.

Name: PORTER, JOHN A. Rank: PVT. Company: C. Unit; 36 IL US INF. Personal Characteristics. Residence: SUMNER, WARREN CO, IL. Age: 24. Height: 5' 6. Hair: AUBURN. Eyes: HAZEL. Complexion: LIGHT. Occupation: TEACHER. Nativity: PREBLE CO, OH. Service Record: Joined When: JAN 1, 1864. Joined Where: BLAINS X ROADS. Period: 3 YRS. Muster In: JAN 25, 1864. Muster In Where: CHATTANOOGA, TN. Remarks: VETERAN PROMOTED 2LT FROM 1SGT.

A the of 22, he was a Sergeant, enlisted September 19, 1861, mustered in September 22, 1861, at Aurora, Illinois, re-enlisted as a veteran.

At the age of 26, he was a First Lieutenant, enlisted March 21, 1865, at Huntsville, Al., mustered in April 30, 1865, at Nashville, Tn., mustered out New Orleans, La. 

Authors note.  I looked over these records very carefully and this is the same man, but there is some confusion on his enlistments dates and age and so on.  He needs more research..

Surgeon General Files.

CASE. Lieutenant John A: Porter, Co. C, 36th Illinois Volunteers, aged 23 years, in the engagement at Resaca, Georgia, May 15th, 1864, was struck on the head by a limb of a tree which had been cut oft by a solid shot He fell, senseless, the blood gushing from his mouth and nostrils. He remained in an unconscious state for forty-eight hours, when he was conveyed to the hospital at Chattanooga, Tennessee. On admission, he was speechless, and completely paralyzed in the upper extremities and in the muscles of the head and face. On June 18th, he was transferred to Hospital No. 1, at Nashville, whence he was furloughed on August 1st, 1864. At this date "the entire upper part of his body was paralyzed." He remained at his home until November 10th, when, having regained his strength, and, in a measure, the use of his upper extremities, he returned to the hospital, and thence to duty with his regiment at Pulaski, Tennessee.

He participated in the engagements at Spring Hill and Franklin, Tennessee, on November 29th and 30th, hoping that the excitement would restore his voice. He stated that the sound of musketry and artillery firing " almost burst his head." In the early part of December, 1864, after violent and repeated efforts to utter a sound, a copious hemorrhage took place from the fauces, and possibly the upper portion of the larynx, preceded by a feeling of "cracking and bursting, and a sense of " rushing upward in the head." The haemorrhage was followed by complete return of his voice, seven and one-half months after the reception of the injury. During this period tinnitus aurium and vertigo existed, at times, to such extent as to deprive him of sight and hearing. He was mustered out of service on October 8th, 1865, with his regiment. On June 13th, 1866, he was pensioned, to date from October, 1865. The examining surgeon reporting a concussion of the right hemisphere of the brain, which caused "general debility, affecting the right leg, arm, and eye"

He drew his pension at the Quincy Agency, Illinois, March 4th, 1869, and was then reported as permanently disabled. He resided at Little York, Warren county, Illinois, and wrote thence, in the spring of 1866, a very detailed account of his .accident, from which the above abstract is partially compiled. He stated that he suffered so much from dizziness, from flow of blood to the head, that he supposed he would never recover his health, and concluded : " I am unable, entirely, for manual labor ; yet my wound was received in a glorious cause, and one that I was willing to sacrifice my life for."

Major Thomas McClurken.

Illinois Civil War State Records.

Major Thomas McClurken, 30th., Illinois, Infantry, Field & Staff, Age 32, was a farmer, Enlisted August 28, 1861, at Springfield, Illinois, for 3 years.  Mustered in August 28, 1861, at Camp McClernand, Illinois, Remarks Killed at Belmont, Missouri.

Surgeon General Files.

Major Thomas McClurken, 30th., Illinois, received at the battle of Belmont, Missouri, November 7, 1861, a gun shot to the head and 3 inches of his skull was shot away, and part of his brain was showing.  Died November 15, 1863.

Field Reports.

Here are part of some reports that states McClurken, name.

 

No. 33. Report of Colonel S. F. Marks, Eleventh Louisiana Infantry, commanding First Brigade, Third Division, November 8, 1861.

 

As to the enemy's loss I cannot state with any accuracy, but we counted in the immediate range of our fire over a hundred dead bodies, besides a larger number wounded and prisoners; amongst the latter was Major McClurken, Thirtieth Illinois Regiment, who was shot from his horse while cheering on his men to attack our lines.

 

No. 6. Report of Colonel Philip B. Fouke, Thirtieth Illinois Infantry, November 9, 1861.

 

When we arrived at the corn field after the first attack in the woods we were again assailed. It was there that 12 or 15 of the Seventh Iowa Regiment fell. They had been separated from their command early in the action, and had been fighting by my side in my regiment during the day, and I must add that they obeyed all my commands cheerfully, and fought gallantly during the whole of the engagement. Major McClurken here fell like a true soldier, in front of the ranks..  

Major-General, John A. McClernand, had this to say, on November 12, 1861.:

Major Thomas McClurken, an accomplished and efficient officer, whose services were conspicuous on the field, was severely, and I fear mortally, wounded.


No. 40. Report of Captain W. L. Trask, steamer Charm, February 14, 1862.
He is talking about the action of November 7, 1861.

After the troops were landed we began taking on the dead and wounded and some prisoners, among the latter of whom were Major McClurken. 

February 23, 1862, Major-General L. Polk, Confederate forces.

This application was based on the fact that I had on a former occasion granted a similar request made of me in behalf of the wives of Colonels Dougherty and McClurken, captured at Belmont, and the assurance of the commanding general at Cairo that he would reciprocate the conrtesy if events should make it desirable.

Hugh Donnelly or Donelly, 38th., New York, Infantry.

Hugh Donnelly.

Birth: Unknown.
Death: Unknown.

Burial: Old Saint Raymond Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx County, New York.

New York State Records.

DONNELLY, HUGH.—Age, 19 years. Enlisted, August 21, 1862, at New York city, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. K, August 23, 1862; captured in action, December 13, 1862, at Fredericksburg, Va.; transferred to Go. C, December 21, 1862; paroled, no date; discharged for disability, February 15, 1863, at Annapolis, Md.

Surgeon General Files.

CASE. Private Hugh Donelly, Co. K, 38th New York Volunteers, received at the battle of Williamsburg, May 5th, 1862, a flesh wound of the shoulder. He was made a prisoner. While confined at Richmond he had a fall in prison, striking his head, and producing a depressed fracture of the right parietal bone. He was exchanged, and received into hospital at Camp Parole, Annapolis, on February 5th, 1863. He was deaf, and his mental faculties were very sluggish and obtuse. He was discharged from service for total disability on February 18th, 1863. Surgeon James Norval, 79th N. Y. S. M., reports the case

Henry Drimeyer or Dreimeyer, 28th., Ohio Infantry.

Ohio State Records.

Henry Dreimeyet, Private, Co. C., 28th., Ohio Infantry, age 19, Enlisted or Mustered in September 11, 1862, for 3 years.  Transferred from Co. H., to Co. C., Battalion, July 23, 1864.  Mustered out with Battalion July 6, 1865.

Surgeon General Files.

Private Henry Drimeyer, Co. C, 28th Ohio Volunteers, aged 28 years, a somnambulist, fell from a second story window while walking in his sleep, in July, 1863, and, striking on his head, received a severe contusion and concussion of the brain. He was admitted to the Marine Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio. He recovered from the immediate effects of the accident, but his idiosyncrasy was regarded as such a dangerous one for a soldier, that he was discharged from service August 16th, 1863. Acting Assistant Surgeon John Davis reports the case.

Authors note.  This man needs more research as there seems to be some errors in both reports, even though their the same man.

Soldiers in Rail Road Accidents.

 

I always thought that the battle field was one of the most dangerous place to be, but after looking over this information I found getting to the battle field could be as dangerous.  All the men on this list were injured in some kind of rail road accident.

 

Second Lieutenant John H. Masterson, Co. E, 100th U. S. C. T., aged 38 years, was thrown from a railroad car and received a severe contusion of the scalp, July 1st, 13(14. He entered the Officers Hospital at Nashville, Tennessee, the following day; recovered, under simple treatment, and was returned to duty July 23th, 1864.

Private John Jenkins, Co. G, 15th U. S. C. T., aired 23 years, fell from a railroad car at Nashville. Tennessee, December 26th, 1864, and received a severe contusion of the head. He was treated at Hospital No. 16, at Nashville, by cold applications, and was returned to duty, well, on January 4th, 1865.

Private Ganin McCoy, Co. C, 16th Veteran Reserve Corps, aged 57 years, received at Petersburg, Virginia, August 14th, 1863, a severe contusion of the forehead and right side of the head, by felling from a car in motion. He was admitted to York, Pennsylvania, Hospital, and discharged from service on January 8th, 1864, on account of persistent pain in
the head.

Sergeant J. C. Williams, Co. B, 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, aged 20 years, received in a railroad collision, on August 19th, 18(54, a contused wound of the scalp. He recovered, under simple dressings, at the hospital at Lexington, Kentucky, and returned to duty August 22d, 1864.

Private L. J. Learned, Co. B, 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, aged 22 years, was similarly injured at the same time and place, but with greater severity. He was transferred to Park Hospital, Milwaukie, Wisconsin, on September 18th, and was discharged from service December 26th, 1861.

Private 8. Croyton, Co. G, 6th Virginia Cavalry, aged 17 years, received near Carlisle, Illinois, June 21st, 1865 several severe contused wounds of the scalp, in a railroad accident. He was treated with cold local applications at the Marine Hospital. St. Louis, Missouri, and recovered, and was discharged from service July 19th, 1865.

The following men also received, in railroad accidents, contusions of the head, of a slight nature, probably, as all were speedily returned to duty:

Private J. Burns, K, 71st New York Volunteers, near Wilmington, Delaware, September 21st, 1864.
Captain D. Cornelius, C, 212th Pennsylvania Volunteers, near Baltimore, September 17th, 1804.
Private Peter Daly, G, 140th New York Volunteers, near York, Pennsylvania, January 7th, 1865.
Private L. P. Daniels, I, 2d Ohio Artillery, near Knoxville, January 29th, 1865.
Private W. Fogarty, A, 21st New York Cavalry, near Grafton, W r est Virginia, July 22d, 1864.
Private J. H. Fritton, A. 33d Illinois Volunteers, New Orleans, March 2d, 1865.
Private J. Jaide, E, 1st Missouri Militia, near St. Louis, April 29th, 1864.
Private D. Jones, A, 145th Ohio Volunteers, near Washington, May 21st, 1864.
Private W. Kennan, E, 14th Veteran Reserve Corps, near Baltimore, March 24th, 1864. .
Private J. N. Moore, C, 100th Pennsylvania Volunteers, near Pittsburg, March 23d, 1864.
Private A. Russell, I, 2d Ohio Heavy Artillery, near Knoxville, January 29th, 1865.
Corporal S. Shipman, F, 88th Illinois Volunteers, near Jeffersonville, Indiana, December 16th, 1864.
J. Slacher, Unassigned Recruit, near Elmira, New York, April 2Gth, 1865.
Sergeant F. Wright, B, 16th New York Cavalry, near York, Pennsylvania, January 7th, 1865.
Corporal C. Zuraff, A, 33d Illinois Volunteers, near New Orleans, Louisiana, March 3d, 1865.

Lacerations of the scalp were produced in the following cases:

Private Philip A. Adams, Co. G, 8th Indiana Cavalry, aged 39 years, received June 30th, 1864, near Chattanooga, Tennessee, a severe lacerated wound of the scalp, by falling from a railroad car. He was admitted to Hospital No. 3, Nashville, Tennessee, on June 30th, and on January llth, 1865, he was transferred to Gallatin, Tennessee. He was discharged the service for disability on June 5th, 1865.

Private Clifford Allen, Co. I, 2d Ohio Heavy Artillery, aged 16 years, received a contused and lacerated wound of the left temporal region on January 29th, 1865, near Knoxville, Tennessee, from a railroad accident. He was admitted to the Asylum Hospital, at Knoxville, and recovered, under simple treatment, and was returned to duty on February 16th, 1865.

Private Richard Bogles, Co. G, 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry, aged 21 years, received on April 11th., 1884, a severe lacerated wound of the right side of the scalp, by falling from a railway car, and was admitted to Grafton Hospital, \Vest Virginia, on the same day. The wound did well under cold water dressings, and he was returned to duty on June 2d, 1864.

Private Robert Boyd, Co. F, 8th New Jersey Volunteers, fell from a railway car near Wilmington, Delaware, on June 21st, 1864, and received a lacerated wound of the scalp. He was immediately conveyed to the Tilton Hospital. Simple dressings were applied, and he was returned to duty July 8th, 1864.

Private Albert Edgar, Co. G, 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry, aged 18 years, was wounded on the same occasion, and the preceding history applies to his case.

Private L. J. Frence, Co. I, 2d Ohio Heavy Artillery, aged 21 years, received a severe contusion, with a lacerated wound of the scalp, on the same occasion as the preceding, and returned to duty at the same date.

Private John B. Glynn, Co. H, 24th Missouri Volunteers, received a severe scalp wound by a fall from a rail way car, on March 1st, 1883. He was admitted to Lawson Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, and returned to duty June 1st, 1863.

Private G. W. Haines, Co. I, 2d Ohio Heavy Artillery, aged 36 years, was wounded in the same accident, and was treated in the same hospital. He had a wound of the scalp, with a very severe contusion, and recovered slowly. He was discharged from service on May 21st, 1865. Surgeon F. Meacham, U. S. V., reports the case.

Private G. W. Marvin, Co. I, 2d Ohio Heavy Artillery, aged 20 years, was wounded at the same time and place, receiving a laceration of the scalp, extending from behind the left ear to the occipital protuberance. He recovered, under simple treatment, and was discharged from service May 24th, 1865. Surgeon F. Meacham reports the case.


FRACTURES OF THE SKULL FROM RAILROAD ACCIDENTS. 

Private A. Mitchell. Co. E, Gth Indiana Cavalry, aged 28 years, received, in a railway accident, near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on October 30th, 1804, a severe lacerated wound of the head, with fracture of the right parietal bone. He also had a compound fracture of the right fore- arm. He was conveyed to Nashville, and subsequently was transferred to Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, on December 6th, 1864. There had not been, at any time, signs of compression, and, on his arrival at St. Louis, the cerebral symptoms had disappeared. After undergoing an amputation at the arm, he recovered, and was discharged from service, well, on April 5th, 1865.

Private G. Spancell, Co. A, 105th Illinois Volunteers, in a railroad accident near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, September 10th, 1863, received a compound fracture of the skull. He was placed in hospital under the care of Surgeon W. Threlkeld, U. S. V. The case was complicated by laceration of the brain, and extravasation of blood within the cranium, and death took place within a few hours after the accident. September 10th, 1863.

Private Zachariah Ward, Co. II, 139th Indiana Volunteers, aged 17 years, fell from the cars in motion, near Mumfordsville, Kentucky, July 4th, 1864. He was taken to the military hospital at Mumfonlsville, where a simple linear fracture of the frontal bone was diagnosticated. There were no symptoms of compression, and the treatment was of the expectant nature. On August 14th, he was transferred to Clay Hospital, at Louisville, Kentucky, and again, on September 10th. to the City Hospital, at Indianapolis. Indiana. "With the exception of slight vertigo and headache, he had quite recovered at this date, and two weeks subsequently, September 24th, 1864, he was returned to duty with his regiment.

Private Matthew Young, Co I, 1st Ohio Artillery, aged "9 years, received a compound fracture of the left parietal bone, with a terrible laceration of the scrotum, on November 29th, 1864, in a railroad accident, near Knoxville, Tennessee. He was taken to the Asylum Hospital, at Knoxville. It was found that the symptoms did not justify operative interference. The testes had been quite torn away, and the constitutional depression was great. The patient lingered in great suffering until December 16th, when he died. The case is reported by Surgeon B. Barnum, 25th Michigan Volunteers.

Private Joseph Weber, Co. C, 6th New York Cavalry, fell, or jumped, from a railroad car in motion, near Newark. New Jersey, on January 11th, 1865. He was carried to the Centre Street Branch of the Ward Hospital, at Newark. It was found that there was a compound comminuted fracture of the frontal bone. He was sensible, and conversed with readiness, and walked up stairs to his bed. Meningitis soon supervened, indicated by nausea, rigors, contracted pupils, with intolerance of light, and severe headache. These symptoms were unavailingly combatted. by cold applications to the head, purgatives and revulsives. The case terminated fatally on January 15th, 1865 At the autopsy, it was found, on removing the scalp, that the frontal bone was badly fractured, being comminuted near the right frontal eminence, while fissures, penetrating both tables, extended backwards, nearly to the coronal suture, and downwards, quite into the right orbit. On removing the calvarium, a large clot was found on the dura mater, below the right frontal eminence. The membranes were much congested, and were covered in places with fibrinous exudations, and elsewhere were strongly adherent to the calvarium. The cerebrum, and particularly the right hemisphere, was found in the same highly congested state. The removal of the encephalon disclosed a second simple fracture, of the base of the cranium, extending through the basilar process of the occipital bone, nearly to the
foramen magnum. The case is reported by the late Assistant Surgeon J. T. Calhouu, U. S. A., the report of the post mortem examination being furnished by Acting Assistant Surgeon W. S. Ward.

Jacob McGrady, North Carolina.

Jacob McGrady.

Birth: 1834, North Carolina.
Death: July 14, 1863.

Burial: Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina.

Jacob McGrady, private, residence of Ashe county, North Carolina, Enlisted August 15, 1862, Co. F., 37th., North Carolina, Infantry.  Gun shot to eye, at the battle of Gettysburg, July, 1863.  Died July 15, 1863.

Robert Beck, 27th., Iowa INfantry.

Robert Beck.

Birth: 1840, Ohio.
Death: October 28, 1890.

Wife: Agnes Beck, b. Canada, 1842-1892.

Children: Gerta Beck, b. Iowa, 1868-?

Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Nashua, Chickasaw, county Iowa.

Surgeon General Files.

 Sergeant Robert Beck, Co. G, 27th Iowa, aged 25 years, received, at the battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9th, 1864, a gunshot wound; the missile entered the left temple on a level, and one inch posterior to outer eminence of the left eye, and passed out one-half of an inch below the right eye, destroying in its course the left eye, the lachrymal sac. duct of right eye, and the bones, and produced ectropion of the right eye.

He was admitted to the Marine Hospital, St. Louis, on April 7th, 1865. On April 27th, Surgeon J. H. Grove, U. S. V., performed a plastic operation for deformity of right eve. Simple dressings were applied. The result was perfect. He was discharged on May 13th, 1865. The case is reported by the operator. In March, 1871, Pension Examiner J. W. Smith reports that necrosed bone has been discharged, during the past year, from wound of exit; the left nostril is closed, except by forced inspiration. He rates his disability as total and permanent.