Title: Clifton, Perry C.

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), 333.

Keywords:wounds and injuries of the facegunshot wounds of the facegunshot wounds of the orbital regiongunshot wounds of the eyedestroyed eyeballdisability pension

Civil War Washington ID: med.d1e17529

TEI/XML: med.d1e17529.xml


CLIFTON, PERRY C., Private, Co. B, 20th Indiana Volunteers, aged 40 years. Bull Run, August 29th, 1862. Fracture of temporal and orbital bones and destruction of left eye. Alexandria hospital. Discharged October 31st, 1862, and pensioned. Vision of right eye impaired. Great deformity.