Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1865 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IX. THOSE WHO LOST A LIMB AND LIVED. Capt. Solomon P. Smith, Co. H, had his left arm shot off' at the elbow in the battle of Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 16th, 1864, First Lieut. Charles Kline, Co. D, had his right arm amputated at the elbow caused by a wound received in the assault on Fort Gilmer, Sept. 29th, 1864. Sergt. Selden C Clobridge, Co. G, had his right arm shot off* at the elbow at Fort Gilmer, Va., Sept. 29th, 1864. Corp. Silas Horning, Co. A, had his right arm amputated from the effects of a wound received at the battle of Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 16th, 1864. Corp. John Hubbard, Co. A, had his leg amputated from the effects of wounds received by the hand of a guerrilla at Harper's Ferry, Va., Sept. 18th, 1862. John Anderson, of Co. H, had his right hand amputated from the effects of a wound received at Fort Gilmer, Sep. 29th, 1864. David R. Brewer, of Co. D, had his right arm shot off at the shoulder at the battle of Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 16th, 1864. James P. Caldwell, of Co. A, had his left leg amputated from the effects of a wound received at the charge of Cemetery Hill, Va., July 30th, 1864. Mark Cockran, of Co. C, had his arm amputated from the effects of a wound by a shell at Coal Harbor, Ya. Thomas Connolly, of Co. H, had his leg amputated by the rebels at Tallahassee, Fla. Philander Doxtater of Co. E, lost his right arm at Deep Bottom, Va., Aug., 16th, 1864. James English, of Co. D, lost his right arm Sept. 7th, 1862, enlisted again in June, 1863, in the 5th IT. S. Regulars, and was wounded in the battle of the Wilderness and on the Weldon railroad. Andrew J. Freeman, of Co. C, had his left leg amputated from the effects of wounds received at Chesterfield Heights, Va. Ambrose "W." Kirkham, of Co. A, had his left leg...
