Title: Ramsey, Crowell J.

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), 217.

Keywords:on special wounds and injuries of the headwounds and injuries of the headgunshot woundsgunshot fractures of the cranial bonesremoval of fragments after gunshot fractures of the skullexfoliation and removal of necrosed or detached fragments of cranial bones after gunshot injuriesrecovered, slight disabilities, returned to dutymusket ball fractured and depressed upper posterior portion of cranium right of median lineflesh wound of handcerebral symptoms caused by depression of portion of fractured cranium, fragment removed

Civil War Washington ID: med.d1e15189

TEI/XML: med.d1e15189.xml


CASE.—Private Crowell J. Ramsey, Co. C, 4th Maine Volunteers, aged 21 years, was wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 13th, 1862, by a musket ball, which fractured and depressed the upper posterior portion of the cranium, a little to the right of the median line; he also received a slight flesh wound of the left hand. He was conveyed to the regimental field hospital, and on the 15th, was transferred to the 3d division hospital, Alexandria, in a convalescent condition. On January 7th, 1863, he was sent to Lovell Hospital, Portsmouth Grove, Rhode Island, and on March 2d, 1863, returned to duty. On the 15th of June, he entered 2d division hospital, Alexandria, with cerebral symptoms, caused by depression of a portion of the fractured cranium, a fragment of which was removed. By the 1st of September, the wound was entirely closed, all cerebral symptoms had disappeared, and on the 15th of January, 1864, he was returned to duty. He is not a pensioner.