Title: Oberholtzer, S. W.

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), 100.

Keywords:on special wounds and injuries of the headwounds and injuries of the headgunshot woundsgunshot contusions of the cranial bonescontusion of the skull without fracturereturned to modified duty in Veteran Reserve Corpspensioned, disabilities slightcontusion of parietal by conoidal musket ball

Civil War Washington ID: med.d1e6176

TEI/XML: med.d1e6176.xml


OBERHOLTZER, S. W., Private, Co. G, 55th Ohio Volunteers, aged 33 years. Contusion of the parietal by a conoidal musket ball. Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3d, 1863. Treated at Field, Alexandria, Satterlee, Patterson Park, and Camp Dennison Hospitals. Transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps, November 17th, 1863. Discharged for disability, October 27th, 1864, and pensioned from that date.