Title: Fitzgerald, James

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), 335.

Keywords:wounds and injuries of the facegunshot wounds of the facegunshot wounds of the orbital regiongunshot wounds of the eyeloss of vision of left eyetaken prisoner and exchanged

Civil War Washington ID: med.d1e17589

TEI/XML: med.d1e17589.xml


Fitzgerald, James, Private, Co. G, 5th Louisiana Regiment, aged 18 years. Rappahannock Station, November 7th, 1863. Fracture of frontal and orbital bones, loss of vision of left eye. Taken prisoner, and treated at Washington hospital. Transferred to Old Capital Prison for exchange April 14th, 1864.