Title: Towne, Edward O.

Source text: Surgeon General Joseph K. Barnes, United States Army, The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. (1861–65.), Part 1, Volume 2 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1870), 14.

Keywords:incised scalp woundsincised and puncture woundswounds and injuries of the headsabre-cut behind ear

Civil War Washington ID: med.d1e1751

TEI/XML: med.d1e1751.xml


TOWNE, EDWARD O., Corporal, Co. D, 1st Massachusetts Cavalry, aged 39 years. Sabre-cut, three inches in length, behind the right ear. Aldie, Virginia, June 17th, 1863. Admitted to Third Division Hospital, Alexandria, Virginia, June 18th. Furloughed July 18th, 1863. Returned to duty and mustered out with regiment October 3d, 1864.