CASE.—Private James W. Hotchkiss, 19th New York
Battery, was wounded in the engagement before
Petersburg, Virginia, November 9th, 1864, by a
musket ball, which fractured the cranium. He was
admitted to the hospital of the 1st division,
Ninth Corps; on November 13th, sent to the depot
field hospital at City Point, and on November 29th, transferred to 3d division hospital at
Alexandria. He was discharged from the service on April 3d, 1865, on account of fracture of skull
and partial paralysis, and was afterward
pensioned. On January 25th, 1868, Pension Examiner
J. H. Helmers reported this man to be suffering
from partial paralysis of the left side, with loss
of memory. He also credits the patient's statement
of being subject to frequent and severe epileptic
fits. He rated his disability equivalent to the
loss of a foot or hand and permanent.