Isaac C. Fulton, 4th, N. Y. Heavy Artillery.

New York State Records.

Isaac C. Fulton, Age 18 years.  Enlisted January 26, 1864, at Claverack; mustered in as a private, Co. I., January 26, 1864, to serve three years, wounded date not stated; died of wounds October 1, 1864, at City Point, Virginia.

Files of the Surgeon General.

Isaac C. Fulton, private, Co. I., 4th., New York,, Heavy Artillery, was wounded, October 1, 1864, in the trenches before Petersburg by a fragment of a shell which shattered the upper extremity of his left femur and lacerated the soft tissues on the outside of the thigh.   He was immediately carried to the second corps field hospital.  A consultation was held, at which time it was determined that an amputation at the hip joint was the only resource that could possibly preserve life.  Isaac C. Fulton, survived the shock of the injury and operation, but a few hours, and died at City Point, Virginia, October 1, 1864, "Died from Shock".

Faces Of Officers Of The 19th., Illinois Infantry.

Here is a group picture of officers of the 19th.,  there well be no information on these men.
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Jacob Harp, Pennsylvania.

Jacob Harp, Private, 23rd., Pennsylvania infantry, Company B., Mustered in August 2, 1861, for 3 years.  Re-enlisted, Transferred from Company F., killed At Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864, Veteran.

Authors note.  If you
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Ex-Slave Lewis Evans.

Lewis Evans, was 96 years old when he told his story, no date is given.

Lewis Evans lives on the lands of the estate of the late C.L. Smith,about ten miles southwest of Winnsboro, S.C. The house is a two-room frame structure, with a chimney in the center. He has the house and garden lot, free of rent, for the rest of his life, by the expressed wish of Mr. Smith before his demise. The only other occupant is his wife, Nancy, who is his third wife and much younger than Lewis. She does all the work about the home. They exist from the produce of the garden, output of fowls, and the small pension Lewis receives. They raise a pig each year. This gives them their meat for the succeeding year.

"Who I b'long to? Where was I born? White folks tell me I born after de stars fell, (1833), but maybe I too little to 'member de day. Just have to go by what I hear them say. Think it was 'bout 1841. All accounts is, I was born a slave of Marster John Martin, near Jenkinsville. Old Mistress, his wife, named Miss Margaret. All I can 'member 'bout them is dis: They had 'bout fifteen slaves, me 'mongst them. His daughter married a doctor, Doctor Harrison. I was sold to Maj. William Bell, who lived 'bout ten or twelve miles from old Marster. I's a good size boy then. Maj. Bell had ten families when I got dere. Put me to hoein' in de field and dat fall I picked cotton. Next year us didn't have cotton planters. I was took for one of de ones to plant de cotton seed by drappin' de seed in de drill. I had a bag 'round my neck, full of seeds, from which I'd take handfuls and sow them 'long in de row. Us had a horse-gin and screwpit, to git de cotton fit for de market in Charleston. Used four mules to gin de cotton and one mule to pack it in a bale. Had rope ties and all kinds of bagging. Seems to me I 'members seein' old flour sacks doubled for to put de cotton bales in, in de screw-press.

"Us raised many cows, hogs, sheep, and goats on de Bell place. Us worked hard. Us all had one place to eat. Had two women cooks and plenty to eat, cooked in big pots and ovens. Dere was iron pegs in and up de kitchen chimneys, chain and hooks to hold pots 'bove de fire. Dat's de way to boil things, meats and things out de garden.

"Whippin's? Yes sir, I got 'most skinned alive once, when I didn't bring up de cows one Sunday. Got in a fight wid one of Miss Betsie Aiken's hands and let de cows git away, was de cause of de whippin'. I was 'shamed to tell him 'bout de fight. Maj. Bell, dis time, whipped me. hisself.

"My white folks was psalm singers. I done drove them to de old brick church on Little River every Sabbath, as they call Sunday. Dere was Miss Margaret, his wife, Miss Sallie and Miss Maggie and de two young marsters, Tom and Hugh. De two boys and me in front and my mistress and de two girls behind. Maj. Bell, when he went, rode his saddle horse.

"Who-ee! Don't talk to dis nigger 'bout patrollers. They run me many a time. You had to have a pass wid your name on it, who you b'long to, where gwine to, and de date you expected back. If they find your pass was to Mr. James' and they ketch you at Mr. Rabb's, then you got a floggin', sure and plenty. Maj. Bell was a kind master and would give us Saturday. Us would go fishin' or rabbit huntin' sometime.

"Us had two doctors, Doctor Furman and Doctor Davis. White folks care for you when you sick. I didn't have no money in slavery time, didn't have no use for none. Us had no quarters, houses just here and dere on de place, 'round de spring where us got water.

"My Marster went to de old war and was a major. He had brass buttons, butterflies on his shoulders, and all dat, when he come back.

"De Yankees come. Fust thing they look for was money. They put a pistol right in my forehead and say: 'I got to have your money, where is it?' Dere was a gal, Caroline, who had some money; they took it away from her. They took de geese, de chickens and all dat was worth takin' off de place, stripped it. Took all de meat out de smoke-house, corn out de crib, cattle out de pasture, burnt de gin-house and cotton. When they left, they shot some cows and hogs and left them lying right dere. Dere was a awful smell round dere for weeks after.

"Somethin' d'rected me, when I was free, to go work where I was born, on de Martin place. I married Mary Douglas, a good-lookin' wench. A Yankee took a fancy to her and she went off wid de Yankee. She stayed a long time, then come back, but I'd done got Preacher Rice to marry me to Louvinia then. Dis second wife was a good gal. I raised ten chillun by her, but I's outlived them all but Manuel, Clara and John. When Louvinia passed out, I got Magistrate Smith to jine me and Nancy. She's still livin'. Home sick now, can't do nothin'.

"White people been good to me. I've been livin' in dis home, free of rent, given me for life by Mr. Jim Smith, 'cause I was his faithful servant twenty years.

"Many times I's set up in de gallery of de old brick church on Little River. They had a special catechism for de slaves, dat asked us who made you, what He made you out of, and what He made you for? I ain't forgot de answers to dis day.

"Marster Major give us Chris'mas day and a pass to visit 'bout but we sho' had to be back and repo't befo' nine o'clock dat same day.

"I got my name after freedom. My pappy b'long to Mr. David R. Evans. His name was Steve; wasn't married reg'lar to my mammy. So when I went to take a name in Reconstruction, white folks give me Lewis Evans.

"I b'longs to de Baptist church. Am trustin' in de Lord. He gives me a conscience and I knows when I's doin' right and when de devil is ridin' me and I's doin' wrong. I never worry over why He made one child white and one child black. He make both for His glory. I sings 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Jesus Gwine Carry Me Home.' Ain't got many more days to stay. I knows I'm gwine Home."

Rebel Spy, John M. Goldsmith.

On June 24, 1861, near Mathias Point, Virginia, the U. S. S. Resolute under the command of acting Master Budd made a descent on Dr. Hooe, house.  Dr. Hooe home was a depot for the rebels.  Dr. Hooe was the owner and proprietor of the depot.  He had sent word to the rebels to burn the Christiana Keen ( A New Jersey Schooner which was burned later).  Dr. Hooe had a number of mounted troopers quartered in and lying about his premises.  Their purpose was protecting boats which got across Maryland with men ect.

Dr. Hooe's place was a barrack's and had accommodations put up in his schoolhouse and outhouses for twenty-five men.  When the U. S. S. Resolute attacked there won't many enemy troopers at the house.  After landing the premises was set a fire and completely destroyed.

After the attack a Dragoon uniform ( Officers ), was found.  It was found that one of the rebel agents was a spy and the uniform was his.

The Spy was John M. Goldsmith, was an officer, he was small and slight of figure, had short black hair and a small black moustache.  He had no whiskers, had deep blue eyes, he had a small head and face.  HIs complexion was fair, he was quick in action and speech and had a strong voice.

Goldsmith came across from Baltimore on the 21st, and went to Fredericksburg, then returned from Fredericksburg and left Dr. Hooe's house the evening before the attack.  He is supposed to be there purchasing revolvers.

Authors note.  The Doctor's name was either Hooe or Howe, neither the Rebel's or union was for sure.  It was not known if the spies real name was Goldsmith as spies used many different names.  However there was a Private, John M. Goldsmith, in the First Maryland Infantry, Co. H., was this the same man, only more research well tell.

The information above was put together from two reports taken from the files of the ( Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion ), Series !. Vol. 4, p. 533-536.

U. S. S. Shawmut.

USS Shawmut was a 593-ton steamer acquired by the U.S. Navy and put to use by the Union during the American Civil War.

Shawmut served the Union Navy primarily as a gunboat with howitzers for bombardment, and various other rifles and cannon for use at sea in apprehending blockade runners attempting to “run” the Union blockade of the Confederate States of America.

Shawmut—a screw gunboat begun on 2 February 1863 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard (Kittery, Maine) -- was launched on 17 April 1863; sponsored by Miss Lucy Hall; departed Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on 20 October 1863; was towed to New York City where her engine and machinery were installed by the South Brooklyn Works; was delivered to the Union Navy on 16 October 1864; and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 1 November 1864, Lt. Comdr. George U. Morris in command.

Two days later, Shawmut got underway to search for Confederate Navy commerce raider, CSS Tallahassee (renamed Olustee), which had recently preyed upon Northern shipping off the Delaware capes. After cruising in Nova Scotian waters without seeing or hearing of her quarry, Shawmut returned to the Portsmouth Navy Yard on the 20th.

On 9 January 1865, the gunboat was ordered to proceed to Wilmington, North Carolina, to join the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. She participated in the attack on and capture of Fort Anderson, North Carolina, from 18 to 20 February. On the latter day, a boat from Shawmut was destroyed by a torpedo (the Civil War term for a mine) as it swept waters in the area.

U. S. S. Shawmut, February 20, 1865.

Casualties from a torpedo explosion under the bow of the Shawmut.

 

James Cobb, Seaman, Killed.

James Hayes, Seaman, Drowned.

Acting Ensign, W. B. Trufant, Severely wounded.

Martin Wall, Seaman, Slightly wounded.

Wilson J. Wells, 144th, N. Y. Infantry.

New York State Records.

WELLS, WILSON.—Age, 18 years. Enlisted, August 30, 1862, at -Masonville, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co.B, September 27, 1S62; promoted corporal. October 1, 1864; wounded in action, November 30, 1864, at Honey Hill, S. C.; died of his wounds, December 2, 1864, in hospital, at Hilton Head, S. C; also borne as Wilson J. Wells.

Files of the Surgeon General.

CASE 219. Corporal W. J. Wells, Co. B, 144th New York, aged 19 years, was wounded in the abdomen at Honey Hill, November 30, 1864. He was taken to the regimental hospital, where Surgeon John R Leal, 144th New York, records the case as a "gunshot wound of the bowels; mortal." On the same day, the patient was transferred to the hospital at Hilton Head, where Assistant Surgeon John F. Huber, U. S. V., notes the injury as a " lesion of the small intestines from a fragment of shell." Death resulted December 2, 1864. A knuckle of the jejunum was divided, and the contents of the bowel had passed into the peritoneal cavity.

Burial: Beaufort National Cemetery, Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina.

Ogden B. Reed.

Captain Ogden B. Reed.
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Ogden B. Reed, a younger son of Hon. David Reed, was born in Colchester, Vt., Sept. 16th, 1843. At the time of the breaking out of the civil war he was a student in the University of Vermont, a member of the class of 1864.  When the President's call for troops in July, 1862, was issued, he abandoned his college course and enlisted as a private soldier, with his older brother, James M. Reed, with a company then being organized by Giles F. Appleton. This organization became Co. D, Tenth Regiment Vermont Volunteers, and Appleton its Captain.

Reed was mustered into the U. S. service with the regiment, continuing in the ranks until Dec. 26th, when he was promoted a Corporal and retained this position, sharing in all the experiences of the regiment until the 28th of March, 1864. He was then discharged for appointment in the colored troops and commissioned a Captain in the Thirty- ninth U. S. Colored Infantry. In a few days less than a year, he was appointed Brevet Major of Volunteers, and mustered out with the regiment in the following December.

Brevet Major Reed had now become attached to the military service and decided to take up the profession of a soldier as an occupation for the remainder of his life. He was appointed a Second Lieutenant in the Eleventh U. S. Infantry on the 23d of February, 1866. April 25th he was made a First Lieutenant and transferred to the Twelfth U. S. Infantry. In September following, he was returned to the Eleventh Infantry and promoted a Captain Jan. 23d, 1873.

He was engaged while in the Third Corps, Army of the Potomac, at Bristow Station, Kelly's Ford, Brandy Station, Locust Grove and Mine Run ; in the Ninth Corps, Army of the Potomac, in the Wilderness campaign, 1864 ; siege of Petersburg ; Petersburg mine, July 30, 1864, severely wounded. He was on general recruiting service from Sept. 18th 1874, to Oct. 1st, 1876, and in action with the hostile Sioux near Poplar river, Montana, Jan. 2d, 1881.

Further than this, of the character and extent of Captain Reed's services, either in the Volunteer or the Regular Army, there are no means of knowing. Judging, however, from the length of time he served and the frequency of his promotions, it may be inferred that his record was creditable to himself and satisfactory to his superior officers and to the Government. He died a tragic death at the U. S. Barracks, Plattsburgh, N. Y., April 13, 1889.

Solomon Augustus Elwood, 8th., N. Y. Cavalry.

Solomon Augustus Elwood.

Birth: Mar. 16, 1841.
Death: Apr. 8, 1918, McDonough, Chenango County, New York.

Parents: Samuel Elwood (1793 - 1880), Harriet Curtis Elwood (1798 - 1895).

Wife: Adelia Gibson Elwood (1846 - 1876).

Burial: Union Cemetery, McDonough, Chenango County, New York.

New York State Civil War Records.

ELLWOOD, SOLOMON.— Age, 23 years. Enlisted, August 28, 1862, at McDonough; mustered in as private, Co. A, August 28, 1862, to serve three years; wounded, October 9, 1864; sent to hospital at Philadelphia, Pa.; appointed corporal, May 1, 1865; mustered out with company, June 27, 1865, at Alexandria, Va.; also borne as Elwood.

Files of the Surgeon General.

Solomon Elwood, Private, Co. A., 8th., New York Cavalry, Age 25 years.  Contusion and denudation of the frontal bone by a conoidal musket ball.  Fisher's Hill, Virginia, October 7, 1864. Returned to duty March 15, 1865.
 

William S. Dingman, Vermont.

William S. Dingman.

Birth: March 4, 1839.
Death: September 27, 1896.

Burial: Village Cemetery, Montgomery, Vermont.

OBITUARY.

William S. Dingman

St. Albans Daily Messenger

Oct. 1,1896

MONTGOMERY.

Wm. S. Dingman, who has been in failing health for some time past, died Sunday afternoon. His funeral was attended Tuesday forenoon from his late residence. Mr. Dingman was a member of Co. F, 10th Regt. Vt. Vols., and was nearly three years in the service.

MILITARY SERVICE:

Age: 24, credited to Berkshire, VT

Unit(s): 10th VT INF

Service: Enlisted 7/21/62, Mustered in 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. F, 10th VT INF, Wounded, Winchester, 9 /19/64, Mustered out 5/22/65

FIELS OF THE SURGEON GENERAL

 

CASE. Private William S. Dingman, Co. F, 10th Vermont Volunteers, aged 26 years, was wounded at the battle of Winchester, Virginia, September 19th, 1864, by a fragment of shell which fractured the outer table of the frontal sinus. He was admitted to the 3d division, Sixth Corps, hospital, and on the 24th, sent to the Frederick hospital, Maryland, but shortly afterwards transferred to the Sloan Hospital, in Vermont. The wound healed and the patient was discharged from service on May 22d, 1865, at Brattleboro . In September, 1867, he was in receipt of a pension. In March, 1869, Dr. O. F. Fossett reported that this pensioner, having had a fracture involving the frontal sinus, had ulceration with a discharge of fetid sanious matter in the nose, with partial loss of vision and much pain and dizziness, incapacitating him for labor, and producing a disability rated at three fourths, without likelihood of improvement.

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.