Bontecou, Reed Brockway

2013-02-07 04:52 AM
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1823-04-25
1824-04-24
Bontecou's birth date range is calculated based on his age at time of enlistment. Bontecou was 37 years old when he enlisted on 24 April 1861.

Sources

  • The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion (1861-1865), part 1, vol 2, (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1870). View source information 
  • The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion (1861-1865), part 3 vol 2, (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1883). View source information 
  • "Reed Brockway Bontecou (Union)," in The American Civil War Research Database [database online], Alexander Street Press, 2012. 15 February 2012. View source information 

Related People

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Attig, William

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Relationship updated: 2012-02-15 09:40 PM
  • ? - Nov 24, 1863
Relationship information: According to The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion (MSHWR), Attig was injured on 7 November 1863 and admitted to Harewood Hospital, where he was treated by Bontecou. The MSHWR also indicates that Attig died while under care at Harewood Hospital. The American Civil War Research Database indicates, however, that Attig survived the war and was merely discharged due to wounds on 7 November 1863. Despite this discrepancy in information, it seems likely that both sources refer to the same soldier.

Brown, Philetus

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Relationship updated: 2012-02-17 03:00 AM
  • Jan 06, 1827 - Aug 03, 1864
Relationship information: Bontecou reported the medical case of Brown.

Chappell, Benjamin F.

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Relationship updated: 2012-02-15 09:29 PM
  • Aug 31, 1836 - Apr 21, 1865
  • Alternate name: Benjamin F. Chappel
Relationship information: Bontecou operated on Chappell. Bontecou also reported the Chappell's medical case and contributed his specimen to the Army Medical Museum.

Goodell, Edwin D.

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Relationship updated: 2012-02-17 02:29 AM
  • Sep 28, 1841 ?
Relationship information: Bontecou reported the medical case of Goodell.

Kullman, Henry

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Relationship updated: 2012-02-15 09:00 PM
  • ? ?
Relationship information: Bontecou operated on and reported the case of Kullman.

Root, Harry V.

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Relationship updated: 2012-02-17 03:05 AM
  • Dec 18, 1836 - Jul 25, 1870
Relationship information: Bontecou recorded the medical case of Root and contributed his specimen to the Army Medical Museum.

Woodworth, Henry N.

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Relationship updated: 2012-02-17 03:54 AM
  • Dec 30, 1844 - Jul 02, 1864
Relationship information: Bontecou operated on Woodworth and contributed his specimen to the Army Medical Museum.

Woolford, John

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Relationship updated: 2012-02-15 09:54 PM
  • ? - Jan 18, 1866
  • Alternate name: John Walford
Relationship information: Bontecou reported the medical case of Walford.

Bates, Edwin D.

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Relationship updated: 2012-02-20 03:40 PM
  • Jan 05, 1843 ?
Relationship information: Bontecou reported Bates's discharge from Harewood Hospital.

Buckfink, Jacob

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Relationship updated: 2012-02-23 02:57 AM
  • Aug 03, 1837 - Jan 26, 1865
  • Alternate name: J. Buchfinck
Relationship information: Bontecou contributed the specimen and reported the medical case of Buckfink.

Cotter, William

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Relationship updated: 2012-02-20 01:49 PM
  • Dec 10, 1839 - Jan 21, 1874
Relationship information: Bontecou reported on the medical case of Cotter.

Elderkin, William A.

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Relationship updated: 2012-03-05 04:37 PM
  • Jul 16, 1838 - Dec 14, 1866
Relationship information: Bontecou operated on Elderkin, performing "Pirogoff's amputation." Bontecou also contributed Elderkin's specimen and reported his medical case to the Army Medical Museum.

Fox, Charles H.

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Relationship updated: 2012-02-27 05:58 PM
  • Aug 30, 1844 ?
  • Alternate name: C. W. Fox
Relationship information: Bontecou performed the amputation of Fox's right foot and reported his medical case.

Geer, Judson F.

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Relationship updated: 2012-03-05 02:25 PM
  • Aug 26, 1840 - Jul 24, 1864
Relationship information: Bontecou operated on Geer and recorded his medical case.

Golden, David

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Relationship updated: 2012-02-21 02:11 PM
  • Dec 18, 1829 ?
Relationship information: Bontecou reported the medical case of Golden.

Gray, Nathan

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Relationship updated: 2012-02-21 01:52 PM
  • Nov 10, 1839 - Nov 19, 1921
Relationship information: Bontecou reported the medical case of Gray.

Hays, George N.

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Relationship updated: 2012-02-21 02:36 PM
  • Feb 25, 1844 - Jul 02, 1864
  • Alternate name: George W. Hays
Relationship information: Bontecou operated on Hays, reported his medical case, and contributed his specimen to the Army Medical Museum.

Kelly, William

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Relationship updated: 2012-05-07 05:21 PM
  • Aug 30, 1831 ?
Relationship information: Bontecou contributed the photograph of Kelly that accompanies his case in The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion.

Lee, Dorance

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Relationship updated: 2012-02-27 04:29 PM
  • Jan 19, 1844 - Sep 25, 1874
Relationship information: Bontecou reported the medical case of Lee.

Lister, Thomas

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Relationship updated: 2012-03-05 03:18 PM
  • ? - Aug 07, 1864
Relationship information: Bontecou operated on Lister and reported his medical case.

Mansfield, David F.

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Relationship updated: 2012-03-05 05:24 PM
  • ? - Apr 17, 1875
Relationship information: Bontecou operated on Mansfield's deformed leg with the hope of returning some use to the limb. In the medical case Bontecou records that though "the fractured limb being one and a half inches shorter than the other" it was "firm and of perfect use".

Matson, Lewis J.

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Relationship updated: 2012-02-23 02:38 AM
  • Sep 09, 1843 ?
Relationship information: Bontecou contributed a photograph of Matson with his medical history.

McConkey, Alexander

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Relationship updated: 2012-02-21 01:36 PM
  • Aug 02, 1815 - May 15, 1873
Relationship information: Bontecou operated on McConkey, amputating his left leg. Bontecou contributed McConkey's specimen to the Army Medical Museum.

McCool, Alonzo B.

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Relationship updated: 2012-03-05 03:39 PM
  • Feb 28, 1842 - Jul 21, 1864
Relationship information: Bontecou operated on McCool and recorded his medical case.

Miller, Thomas

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Relationship updated: 2012-02-21 04:22 AM
  • ? ?
Relationship information: Miller was transferred to Harewood, where Bontecou reported that, despite the painful injury, the patient considered his condition to be good. A photograph of the soldier taken by Bontecou was contributed to the Army Medical Museum.

Nickerson, David

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Relationship updated: 2012-02-21 01:17 PM
  • ? - May 27, 1864
  • Alternate name: David Nicholson
Relationship information: Bontecou reported the medical case of Nickerson.

Northard, George W.

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Relationship updated: 2012-02-23 02:04 AM
  • Aug 23, 1840 - Apr 22, 1865
Relationship information: Bontecou operated on Norhard, reported his medical case, and contributed a photograph of him.

Perkins, Joseph

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Relationship updated: 2012-03-05 04:06 PM
  • Sep 09, 1835 - Jul 17, 1864
Relationship information: Bontecou operated on Perkins and contributed his specimen to the Army Medical Museum.

Rigney, William

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Relationship updated: 2012-02-20 09:21 PM
  • Sep 30, 1844 ?
Relationship information: Bontecou documented Rigney's case and contributed his specimen to the Army Medical Museum.

Roberts, William

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Relationship updated: 2012-03-05 02:46 PM
  • Aug 06, 1828 - Jul 06, 1864
Relationship information: Bontecou operated on Roberts and reported his medical case.

Ruoss, George

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Relationship updated: 2012-02-21 03:55 AM
  • Oct 11, 1837 - Jun 27, 1868
  • Alternate name: George Roos
Relationship information: Bontecou reported the medical case of Ruoss. According to The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, Bontecou also photographed Ruoss's wound and contributed it to the Army Medical Museum.

S., Denis

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Relationship updated: 2012-02-20 03:56 PM
  • ? - Apr 26, 1865
Relationship information: Bontecou treated this soldier and contributed his specimen to the Army Medical Museum.

Schofield, Richard F.

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Relationship updated: 2012-03-05 05:34 PM
  • ? ?
Relationship information: Bontecou operated on Schofield, amputating the toes of the left foot. Bontecou contributed the specimen of Schofield along with his medical history to the Army Medical Museum.

Schrap, Peter

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Relationship updated: 2012-01-16 04:25 PM
  • Jan 12, 1842 ?
  • Alternate name: T. Schrup
Relationship information: Bontecou contributed the specimen of Schrap to the Army Medical Museum.

Short, John H.

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Relationship updated: 2012-03-05 04:51 PM
  • Aug 22, 1844 ?
Relationship information: Bontecou operated on Short, performing Syme's amputation. He also contributed the specimen of Short to the Army Medical Museum.

Smith, Samuel

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Relationship updated: 2012-03-05 05:08 PM
  • Aug 15, 1817 - Jun 19, 1864
Relationship information: Bontecou operated on Smith, amputating Smith's injured foot. Bontecou contributed the specimen of Smith along with his medical history.

Spotts, Israel

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Relationship updated: 2013-02-07 05:12 AM
  • ? ?
  • Gender: M

Stuart, William

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Relationship updated: 2012-03-05 05:48 PM
  • ? ?
  • Alternate name: William Stewart
Relationship information: Bontecou operated on Stuart while he was hospitalized at Douglas General.

Walker, M.

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Relationship updated: 2012-02-20 04:09 PM
  • Jun 04, 1850 - Jul 03, 1864
Relationship information: Bontecou operated on Walker and reported his medical case.

Wells, John

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Relationship updated: 2012-02-27 02:07 PM
  • ? ?
Relationship information: Bontecou reported the medical case of Wells and contributed his photograph to the Army Medical Museum.

White, John

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Relationship updated: 2012-02-20 06:11 PM
  • ? - Apr 22, 1865
  • Alternate name: John T. Johnson
Relationship information: Bontecou operated on White and contributed his specimen to the Army Medical Museum.

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Harewood General Hospital

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Relationship updated: 2012-03-05 05:59 PM
  • Dates: Sep 04, 1862 - May 20, 1866
  • Place information:

    Located on the rolling hills of the Corcoran Farm, the hospital was built in a "V" pavilion style. A few wooden barracks and a brick farm house were incorporated into the hospital arrangements. The hospital consisted of nine wards, with 63 beds each, for a total of 945 beds. To these were added hospital tents, each of which held six beds. At one point, 312 hospital tents were in use on the site, with a capacity of 1,872 beds. In the bed census of Dec. 17, 1864, the hospital had 2,080 beds, with 1207 occupied, under the direction of Surgeon R. A. Bontecon, U.S.V.

Relationship information: Bontecou was in charge of Harewood Hospital from the time Thomas Antisell left in September 1863 until the hospital closed.

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2nd New York Infantry

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Relationship updated: 2012-02-15 08:58 PM
  • Organization Dates: Apr 24, 1861 - May 26, 1863
  • Organization information: The 2nd New York Infantry regiment was organized and mustered out at Troy, New York.
Relationship information: Bontecou enlisted at Troy, New York as Surgeon on 24 April 1861. He was commissioned into Field and Staff of the 2nd New York Infantry on 14 May 1861. He was discharged by appointment from the 2nd New York Infantry at Fort Monroe, Virginia. According to The American Civil War Research Database he was appointed medical director.

Medical Staff U. S. Volunteers Infantry

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Relationship updated: 2012-02-15 08:57 PM
  • Organization Dates: ? ?
Relationship information: Bontecou was commissioned into Medical Staff from the 2nd New York Infantry. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on 13 March 1865 and mustered out some time after the close of the war.