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Root, Harry V.
Last Modified:
2012-08-09
Date of Birth (not before):
1836-12-18
Date of Birth (not after):
1837-12-17
Date of Death (not before):
1870-07-25
Date of Death (not after):
1870-07-25
Additional information:
Root's birth date range is calculated based on his age at time of enlistment. Root was 26 years old when he enlisted on 17 December 1863.
Sources:
The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion (1861-1865)
, part 3 vol 2, (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1883).
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"Harry V. Root (Union)," in
The American Civil War Research Database
[database online], Alexander Street Press, 2012. 16 February 2012.
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People related to this Person
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Evans, D.I.
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Relationship Additional Information:
Evans operated on Root at Harewood Hospital.
Relationship Last Modified:
2012-02-16
Relationship Beginning Date:
June 30, 1864
Relationship Ending Date:
Jan 04, 1865
Bontecou, Reed Brockway
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Relationship Additional Information:
Bontecou recorded the medical case of Root and contributed his specimen to the Army Medical Museum.
Relationship Last Modified:
2012-02-16
Relationship Beginning Date:
June 30, 1864
Relationship Ending Date:
Jan 04, 1865
Places related to this Person
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Harewood General Hospital
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Relationship Additional Information:
Root entered Harewood Hospital, where his leg became infected. On 29 October, ten inches of necrosed bone was removed. He was subsequently transferred to the hospital at Elmira, where his leg was amputated at the middle third of the thigh. Root eventually died "of consumption, resulting from the wound and its effects, more than five years after the amputation."
Relationship Last Modified:
2012-02-16
Relationship Beginning Date:
June 30, 1864
Relationship Ending Date:
Jan 14, 1865-Jan 04, 1865
Organizations related to this Person
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104th New York Infantry
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Relationship Additional Information:
Root enlisted into B Company of the 104th New York Infantry as Private. He was discharged due to wounds received while serving this regiment.
Relationship Last Modified:
2012-02-16
Relationship Beginning Date:
Dec 17, 1863
Relationship Ending Date:
July 21, 1865
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Battle of Petersburg
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Relationship Additional Information:
Root was wounded at Petersburg, suffering a severe wound in the right leg. The exact date of his injury is not clear.
The American Civil War Research Database
indicates that he was injured on 19 June 1864 while
The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion
dates his injury on 22 June.
Relationship Last Modified:
2012-02-27
Relationship Ending Date:
June 19, 1864-June 22, 1864
