CASE.—Private H. H. Bonham, Co. F,
7th Wisconsin Volunteers, aged 17 years, was
wounded at the Wilderness, Virginia, May 7th, 1864, by a fragment of shell, which struck the
left breast near the sternum, two inches below the
clavicle. The cavity of the chest was not opened;
but there was lesion of its contents by contusion.
He was carried to the hospital of the 4th
division, Fifth Corps, and a simple bandage was
placed about the chest. On May 11th, he was
transferred to Harewood Hospital at Washington;
on the 15th, to Cuyler Hospital, Germantown,
whence he returned to duty on July 5th, 1864.
Discharged from service on August 7th, 1865.
Pension Examiner J. H. Hyde, M. D., reports, May
23d, 1868, that Bonham "suffers from palpitation
of the heart. He expectorates blood, and has
almost entirely lost the use of his left arm.
Disability three-fourths and permanent."