CASE.—Private
Robert Linton, Co. D, 14th United
States Infantry, aged 19 years, was wounded at the battle of SpottsylvaniaSpotsylvania Court-house, Virginia, May 13th, 1864, by a
fragment of shell, which fractured both tables of the frontal bone. He was at
once admitted to the 1st division, Fifth Corps, hospital, and on May 24th, transferred to the Finley Hospital, Washington. He experienced
periodical attacks of dizziness and some headache until June 1st, when Acting Assistant Surgeon F. G. H. Bradford
removed several fragments of bone from the wound. Simple dressings were applied;
the patient recovered rapidly, and was returned to his regiment for duty on
August 26th, 1864. He is not a pensioner.