Title: Golden, Patrick

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), 223.

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 injuriesoperations for the removal of detached fragments of bone after depressed gunshot fractures of the skullmodified duty in hospital or garrison, physical disabilities ultimately compelled dischargefractures of upper frontal, temporal, or parietal regionsfracture of frontal bone with extensive laceration by conoidal ballsight of left eye imperfect

Civil War Washington ID: med.d1e15715

TEI/XML: med.d1e15715.xml


GOLDEN, PATRICK, Private, Co. D, 2d New York Heavy Artillery, aged 27 years. North Anna River, May 18th, 1864. Fracture of frontal bone, with extensive laceration by conoidal ball. Washington and Philadelphia hospitals. June 19th and 25th, removal of fragments of bone and ball. Duty, September 22d, 1864; discharged. Examiner H. B. Day, M. D., states that the sight of the left eye is imperfect. In September, 1869, the pensioner filed an application for an increase of pension.