CASE.—Private
William Gritzmacher, Co. C, 5th
Wisconsin Volunteers, aged 19 years, was wounded at the battle of SpottsylvaniaSpotsylvania, Virginia, May 12th, 1864, by an explosive
musket ball which struck the frontal bone at the left supra-orbital ridge and
fractured the outer table. He was, on the same day, admitted to the hospital of
the 1st division, Sixth Corps, and on the 17th sent to Washington, D. C., and admitted into
the Emory Hospital. On June 6th he was transferred to the
Patterson Park Hospital, Baltimore, and on August 16th to the Chester Hospital. The treatment
so far consisted of simple dressings. He recovered, and was transferred on May 16th, 1865, to the Veteran Reserve Corps, and discharged
the service of the United States July 22d, 1865. Pension Examining
Surgeon John Phillips reports, on May 9th, 1867, that this pensioner's wounds were
still discharging, and that the right upper eyelid was so contracted as to
prevent closure of his eye, and that his vision was impaired.