Title: Donovan, John E.

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), 334.

Keywords:wounds and injuries of the facegunshot wounds of the facegunshot wounds of the orbital regiongunshot wounds of the eyevision of one eye entirely losthearing of one ear entirely lost

Civil War Washington ID: med.d1e17562

TEI/XML: med.d1e17562.xml


DONOVAN, JOHN E., Private, Co. D, 2d Wisconsin Volunteers, aged 26 years. Bull Run, July 21st, 1861. Fracture of external part of left orbit; also flesh wounds of right leg, left heel, chest, right arm, and shoulder and right forearm. Taken prisoner, exchanged, and treated in Washington and New York hospitals. Vision of left eye and hearing of right ear entirely lost. Headache, giddiness, and weakness. Discharged October 19th, 1862, and pensioned.