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Photos of soldiers who were wounded during the American Civil War (11 photos). Wound Badges

In four years Civil War in the United States, from 1861 to 1865, 700 thousand military personnel and 50 thousand civilians died. More than 400 thousand soldiers were wounded. When the war ended, an archive of photographs of wounded northerners was compiled (most of them were taken in 1865). Later, anamnesis was added to the photographs.

Private Ludwig Kohn, 26 years old

He was wounded in the chest at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 1, 1863, the bloodiest battle of the Civil War that ended in a Northern victory. Soon after the wound, Ludwig Kohn began to develop gangrene and began to deteriorate soft fabrics, he coughed up blood and could not lie on his back - Kon even spent his nights sitting. He fully recovered only two years later.

Private James Stokes, 20

Wounded in the elbow March 29, 1865 at Gravelly Run, Virginia, two days before major battle which ended in victory for the northerners. In the hospital, Stokes developed gangrene, but with the help of kerosene and turpentine, its development was stopped. The patient was discharged on July 5, 1865, the elbow joint remained completely motionless.

Sergeant L. Morell, 19 years old

Wounded three times at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 1, 1863. The first bullet hit the left eye, the second almost simultaneously passed right through the right side of the abdomen. The sergeant lost consciousness, after which a third bullet wounded him in the left thigh. Morell lay on the battlefield for three days until he was discovered and moved to a nearby farm. When the southern surgeon treated the second wound and gave him some thin porridge to drink, some of it poured out through the hole in his stomach. It was not until February 1864 that Morell recovered enough to get out of bed; full recovery took two years.

Brigadier General Henry Barnum, 28

Wounded in left side pelvis on July 1, 1862 at the Battle of Malvern Hill in Virginia (it ended the so-called Seven Days Battle - a major and successful operation of the southerners). It took more than a year to recover.

Private Edward Estell, 42

Wounded April 2, 1865, at the end of the siege of Petersburg, Virginia, which lasted almost a year. As a result of the injury it was necessary to amputate left hand.

Private Samuel Tinecker, age unknown

Wounded May 6, 1864 during the Battle of the Wilderness, northwest Virginia. There was no winner in the battle, but for the first time in the entire war, the Northern army was not forced to retreat from Virginia. The musket ball that wounded Tinecker passed through the right shoulder. Six months later, he finally recovered and was demobilized.

Corporal Edson Beamis, age unknown

Wounded three times. The first time a bullet shattered the bone just above the elbow was at the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862. The second time, during the Battle of the Wilderness on May 6, 1864, Beamis was wounded in the right iliac region (lower abdomen). Eight months later he was back in action and almost immediately, on February 5, 1865, he was wounded in the head during the Battle of Hatcher's Run.

Sergeant Martin Restle, age unknown

German immigrant, shoemaker. Wounded in the left leg by a bullet on April 2, 1865, at the end of the Siege of Petersburg, Virginia. The leg was amputated right on the battlefield.

Private Peter Strine, 21

Wounded March 25, 1865 at the Battle of Fort Steadman in Virginia. A rifle bullet pierced the head of the humerus.

Private Joseph Harvey, age unknown

Wounded by a shell fragment on May 3, 1863, during the Battle of Chancellorsville, which lasted a week and ended in a Southern victory. The shrapnel knocked out Harvey's eye, split his cheek and shattered his lower jaw. The picture was taken in the summer of 1865, when the cheek had not yet completely healed - saliva was constantly flowing from it.

Private John Bowers, 19

Wounded by rifle fire March 25, 1865, during a skirmish at the siege of Petersburg, Virginia. The bullet entered the side through the ninth rib and exited through the sixth rib from the chest.

Prepared by Dmitry Golubovsky
Sources: arzamas; Digital Collections. U.S. National Library of Medicine.

Military doctors save the lives of wounded American soldiers in Afghanistan.

As US troops try to take control of the situation in Kandahar and Helmand, the number of dead soldiers has increased significantly over the past week. Medical assistance is required for the wounded, both American and Afghan troops. June was the bloodiest month, with international troops losing 103 people, including 60 Americans. By mid-July, NATO troops had lost 57 people, 42 of them Americans.

As soon as hostilities began, medical teams, along with the hospital, which was located in Afghanistan, moved to the NATO base.

(Total 40 photos)

1. American soldiers They help an Afghan casualty get to a medical team helicopter on June 21, 2010, in Kandahar. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

2. American army soldiers carry a wounded man on a stretcher to. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

3. Military doctor Captain John Woods, sitting in a helicopter, squeezes an IV. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

4. American soldiers on a stretcher carry a wounded Afghan soldier to a helicopter. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

5. After four Afghan National Army soldiers are injured in an explosion, a US military medical team provides first aid to one of them aboard a helicopter. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

6. One of the wounded soldiers looks at his bloody hand. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

7. One of the wounded Afghan National Army soldiers is escorted to a medical team helicopter. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

8. A military helicopter of a medical team took off to an urgent call from a landing site in Kandahar. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

9. One of the soldiers is hiding from the sand that rose during the takeoff of a medical helicopter with wounded on board. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

11. American soldiers on a stretcher carry a wounded Afghan to a helicopter, which is already waiting. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

12. On board a helicopter, military doctors provide first aid to a wounded man. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

13. Sergeant Jonathan Duralde (right) and Sergeant Luis Gamarra hold each other's hands and try to fight the pain caused by their injuries from the explosion. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

14. Sergeant Cole Rees wipes sweat from his brow after administering first aid to Sergeant Jonathan Duralda, who was wounded in an explosion. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

15. Sergeant Chad Orozco had a free minute to rest after they flew a wounded man to the hospital by helicopter. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

16. One of the orderlies washes the floor of blood and medications in the operating room. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

17. After surgery was performed on one of the seriously wounded soldiers at the hospital, Canadian Army Captain Mikila Klepacz (left) and US Army doctor Roger Nottingham clean up the operating room. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

18. Canadian Forces Captain David Coker examines a soldier seriously wounded in an explosion. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

19. US Navy Commander Joseph Strauss (left) and Major Anton Lekap perform surgery on the leg of an Afghan who was injured in a car accident. Two hospitals in the provincial capital of Lashkar Ghar and in the city of Kandahar are receiving patients from areas where there is the most intense shooting. However, movement within war zones is highly dangerous, making it difficult for the sick and wounded to access the treatment they need. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

20. US Navy Commander Joseph Strauss (left) and Major Anton Lekap perform surgery on the leg of an Afghan who was injured in a car accident. The Red Cross calls on the armed opposition, the Afghan National Army, the police and international military forces to take all measures to combat operations did not interfere with civilians' access to medical care. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

21. US Navy Captain Anne Lear (left) helps Sergeant James Shields, who showed signs of heatstroke after taking a wounded man to the hospital. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

22. Hospital doctor David Cobery sleeps right at his workplace during breaks between operations. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

23. Navy Lieutenant Tom Tse looks behind the curtain of the operating room, where surgeons are treating a seriously wounded soldier. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

24. Dutch Army Corporal Anita Van Grestein observes the operation. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

25. Canadian Army Captain Mikila Klepac stands next to a board showing the names of two soldiers who were injured and taken to hospital after the explosion. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

26. US Navy Lieutenant Stacy Sirstad on a gurney carries an Afghan man injured in an explosion. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

27. Officer Patrick Guillard (left) and Officer Sharni Anderson (center) look outside the emergency room door, waiting for new patients. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

28. Canadian Army Captain Mikila Klepac awaits the arrival of new patients. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

29. One of the military doctors stands in a pool of blood formed during the operation. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

30. Military doctors Lieutenant Thomas Tse (left) and Shane Bowen study the list of hospital patients. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

31. US Navy Commander Kevin Beasley rushes with the necessary medications to the operating room where his team is performing an operation. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

32. US Navy Lt. Rodolfo Madrid rushes to receive a patient who was maimed in the explosion (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

33. Canadian Army Lieutenant Katie Campbell (right) and Captain Mikila Klepac rush to clear the operating room of blood and remaining medications. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

34. Officer Nicholas Roman (left) helps Sergeant Michael Cox, who was wounded during the fight, out of his car. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

35. Officer Corianne Manwaring observes a wounded soldier who has just been brought into the operating room. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

36. Doctors and nurses are preparing a patient for surgery. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

39. Captain Anne Lear (center), the head nurse of the hospital, supports one of the wounded soldiers who has just been brought to the hospital. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

40. Medics surrounded the wounded man, who had just been taken to the hospital. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

The courage and fearlessness of warriors shown in battles have been praised in every era. Those who showed these qualities were awarded orders, which testified to the self-sacrifice they demonstrated. One of the distinctive signs was stripes for wounds.

History of appearance

It should be noted that in the Russian Empire one of the first among other states new history wound signs appeared for soldiers and officers of this format. Their issuance was established in 1906. At that time, wounded and shell-shocked participants in the war with Japan were given medals with a ribbon and a bow.

World War I

The last Russian Tsar decided to reward those wounded during the fighting of the First World War. The issuance procedures and all related rules were approved in the order of 1916. It became impossible to maintain the design of the previous decals. And this time Russian empire provided galloon and basson strips. Lower ranks received such stripes in red, and officers - in gold and silver. They were placed on the left sleeve.

Wearing rules

All those who were wounded in the war wore them on every type of their uniform - on a tunic, uniform, shirt and overcoat. The issue was based on the number of wounds. Moreover, if a wounded soldier became an officer, he wore stripes for wounds in red, soldier's color, for wounds received before receiving the rank. Patches were always attached horizontally. Injuries that preceded this war were also marked with this sign. It was mandatory for officers to wear them in a contrasting color: for gold shoulder straps - silver stripes, and for silver ones - gold. While for all soldiers the chronology of injuries was not taken into account, and all stripes were red.

These signs were worn only in active units. In the rear they were under strict ban with the exception of the military, who had at least three stripes. With the end of hostilities, all military personnel were given the right to wear these signs at any time.

During the bloody war between the whites and reds, special stripes existed for both sides of the fighting. The Red Army soldiers used rectangles of silver tinsel.

The Great Patriotic War

Patches for wounds from the Second World War have become legendary. They were introduced into use only a year after the start of hostilities - in 1942. By that time, the obviousness of their need had increased to the limit. And the resolution of the Defense Committee introduced special badges. They were issued to all military personnel who were injured during battles with the enemy, or to injured soldiers who were at their combat posts at that time.

All fighters with stripes for wounds were very respected. The situation became tense because orders and medals took a very long time to prepare for issuance to the fighter. Documents on awards were reviewed for a long time - sometimes months. While the life of each fighter constantly hung in the balance. At any moment in every battle, everything ended in a funeral or hospital for many Red Army soldiers.

After the hospitals, it was almost impossible to be back in the unit with comrades. This distinguished the Soviet system from the German one. The situation was simpler for officers and pilots. And for a soldier from the infantry troops, the path to his former colleagues lay through the regimental or divisional medical battalion. This is after receiving minor injuries.

From a front-line hospital or from a rear hospital, one could forget about returning to brothers in arms. The soldiers were sent to convalescents, and then the thinned units were replenished with them. Because of this system, many of the rightful accolades from the state were lost to the fighters who deserved them.

Some of the veterans received their orders and medals 15 years after the victory.

This was the advantage of stripes for WWII wounds, that they were received in a simplified manner. A certificate and a note in the Red Army soldier’s book was enough. Every fighter carried one of these with him. When injured, everyone sewed on their own braid. Although shell-shocked people were not given decals. However, according to rumors, it was allowed to sew on purple or dark chevrons to those who had suffered shell shock.

Naval insignia

Certain liberties existed in the navy of those times. Wound badges for sailors were placed on the sleeves of uniforms. Nevertheless, many sailors sewed them, as in the army, on the chest on the right side. Naval insignia were placed according to the chronology of injuries received, rather than the priority of gold-colored stripes. This was typical for both privates and officers.

Deprivation

Once issued, the decals were not torn off when they were sent to penal battalions. At the same time, awards were torn down and titles were taken away. This always happened by order of the commanders; no decrees were issued about this. The galloon strips were sewn tightly; they were torn off only, as they say, “with meat.”

With the outbreak of hostilities, the presence of wound badges was recognized as an acceptable insignia. And closer to the end of the Great Patriotic War, it was considered an exceptional phenomenon in the army when a wounded man, especially many times, did not have government awards. This was the commander's oversight.

There was a lot of brilliant stuff among the staff members both in the rear, and there weren’t enough stripes on the front lines. And yet, some of the fighters went without shiny orders. A yellow or red stripe was clear evidence that the fighter did not walk in the rear, but was a real veteran who had smelled gunpowder and shed blood for his Fatherland.

Appearance

The patches were rectangular, reaching 43 mm in length and 6 mm in width. They were silk, red for light wounds, and yellow for severe wounds. The number of stripes showed the number of injuries received.

Injuries of mild severity were considered to be injuries in soft tissues when vital organs, bones, joints, and largest blood vessels were not affected. These also included 2nd and 1st degree burns.

Severe injuries were defined as injuries involving damage to a bone, joint, vital organ, or large blood vessel. These were any injuries that were life-threatening. These included serious through wounds, frostbite, and 3rd and 4th degree burns.

Treatment of all injuries of the Red Army soldier was confirmed by the provision of relevant documents. They were issued in hospitals and similar organizations during the war. The commanders of the Red Army were required to make a mark on their personal identification cards, certified by the signatures of their superiors.

For ordinary soldiers, a similar note was included in the Red Army book. The signature of the chief of staff was required.

The stripes were attached to right side tunic next to the middle buttons. Or over the chest pocket. In the post-war era, they were attached to any uniform on the right side of the chest 1 cm above orders and medals.

Appearance in the fleet

In the Red Army Fleet, these distinctive signs were rectangular in shape and made of silk fabrics. They were sewn in a horizontal direction. The width reached 5 mm, and the length - 43 mm. Golden stripes indicated severe injuries affecting vital organs, burns and frostbite of the 3rd and 4th degrees, and penetrating wounds. The burgundy rectangles are light. There were small gaps of 3 mm between the stripes.

Conclusion

The fighters, and later veterans, were proud of the traumas they had once experienced, because they contained many memories of difficult but glorious moments of battle. They were reminded of the trials they went through to save their country and their loved ones. They reminded us of those comrade-colleagues who did not return from the fiercest battlefields.

With the end of the battle, the enemy troops were destroyed with great effort. But such special stripes on uniforms remained a reminder of immortal feat millions of citizens of the Soviet state. Therefore, these rectangles are considered valuable to this day, almost a century after the beginning of the war years.

It must be emphasized that only in 1985, on the fortieth anniversary of the Victory, all participants in the hostilities were given orders in memory of Patriotic War. All wounded and shell-shocked veterans were awarded 1st degree orders.

And the story of Sergei Alferov proves: the human brain and its capabilities have not yet been sufficiently studied. When a paratrooper received a bullet in the head during the war in Afghanistan, his colleagues decided: this was death. And this was the beginning of a new life...

Sent to the morgue alive

In 1984, Rostovite Sergei Alferov was drafted into the army, as a private in a separate reconnaissance and airborne battalion. First the guy served near Leningrad, then in Afghanistan.

On October 20, 1985, we received intelligence information: a group of mercenaries attacked a village not far from Shindand,” says Sergei. - We were met with grenade launchers. The battle lasted an hour, then we began to retreat. The commander was wounded, they took him on their shoulders, and I covered those leaving with a machine gun. And suddenly they ran into an ambush! They shot us point blank from three meters away. I felt a dull blow to my head - and everything ended. The bullet entered my left temple and came out of my right.

The orderlies of the Shindand field hospital took Sergei’s body to the morgue. Everyone who examined the guy had no doubt: the soldier was dead. The bullet pierced right through the head, leaving a bloody trail; they can’t survive something like that. The commander sent a funeral message to Alferov’s parents. He wrote: “Sergei Alferov was posthumously presented with the Order of the Red Star for his courage.” The inconsolable mother was preparing to meet the cargo of 200. But... time passed, and the coffin with her son’s body was not delivered. Zinaida Stepanovna knocked on the threshold of the military registration and enlistment office, they answered her: wait. Back then, no one knew that the soldier had literally risen from the dead.

At the Shindand field hospital, a nurse was cleaning the morgue when the “dead man” in one of the zinc coffins stirred and sighed heavily. The woman was scared to death. “They put a living soldier in a coffin!” - her scream brought the entire hospital to its feet. The guy had a pulse.

“It’s wonderful in the next world”

Therefore, the first two operations were performed on him at the military hospital in Shindant.

The first is to treat the wound. Then they did a craniotomy and cleaned it,” says Sergei. - The exit hole in the head is 10 by 14 centimeters, like an open palm! The nurse left, and I (as I was later told) in an unconscious state reached into my own head with my hand and dug into my brains. I had to do a second craniotomy. After that they began to tie my hand. Only one - the second did not move at all...

Alferov knows firsthand how it is there - in the next world.

It’s just beautiful there, there’s no need to be afraid,” he says. - I saw a tunnel, and at the end there was a bright light. And it was very joyful, an unimaginable feeling of happiness! I saw loved ones of deceased people. But they pushed me away, and I realized that it was too early (scientists’ opinions on posthumous visions - on page 48). When I came to my senses, I felt unbearable pain. It then continued for many months.

After 47 days, the wounded man regained consciousness. But he was like a newborn - he could not hold his head up, move, or speak. I sat up in bed for the first time only in the fourth month after being wounded. I couldn’t remember anything: neither where he was, nor what year it was.

I learned to speak, chew, hold objects, and stand up again. At first, wild headaches prevented me from realizing what was happening to me. It was painful to even think about something,” Alferov recalls. “The hole in my head was such that you could put an apple there.” And then I was transported to the Leningrad Military Medical Academy. Kirov, where they put a fastening plate on my head. But they installed it early, and something didn’t stick. I had to take it out and put it back in a year later. I fought for my life with all my might!

The guy was only 19 years old then.

Could have become a vegetable

Alferov’s mother, Zinaida Stepanovna, upon learning that her son was alive, was in seventh heaven. Let him be disabled, as long as he lives! Having left home and work, she moved from the Rostov region to Leningrad and devoted herself to nursing her son.

Six most complex operations performed by the best neurosurgeons Soviet Union, inspired hope: Sergei will live. But no one knew how. The doctors did not give any guarantees that he would not turn into a vegetable. Paralysis of the facial muscles, impaired motor function of the legs...

It was also not clear what would happen to my mental abilities,” continues Sergei. - Doctors predicted that I would not be able to think normally.

In search of a panacea, Sergei’s mother came across a newspaper article that at the Institute. P.F. Lesgaft provide assistance in similar situations. And here, physical therapy specialists developed a recovery program for Sergei. Two years later, Alferov, contrary to forecasts, went on his own.

They brought me to the Defense Ministry sanatorium in Crimea in a wheelchair,” he says. - And I already left with a cane. By force of will I forced myself to walk and developed my leg muscles. In Leningrad, I climbed a total of 200 floors a day using stairs! Now I walk normally, my left leg is only slightly behind. I have not yet succeeded in restoring my left arm, but I continue to work on it. The right eye cannot see: the bullet tore out a nerve that is not being restored. But I learned to swim - in the summer, on vacation, I swim a kilometer every day, but like Chapaev - with one hand!

The brain requires exercise

Gloomy predictions that Sergei would lose the ability to think normally did not come true. Moreover, his brain suddenly began to work with a vengeance.

In his youth, he dreamed of sailing the seas,” Alferov recalls. - That’s why I came to Leningrad and entered the University of Water Communications at the navigation department. After the first year I was drafted into the army. They brought you from there feet first, the dean said: no one will let you go to sea with the first group of disabilities. I had to transfer to the Faculty of Engineering and Economics. Before I was wounded, I was an average student, I hung out with girls more - they wanted to expel me for absenteeism. And then I had such a thirst to learn! I sat down to my textbooks, delved into it, crammed, and all this for fun! Graduated from university with excellent marks.

When Sergei is in last time was discharged from the Leningrad Academy, he asked the doctor: what will happen next? The doctor just threw up his hands: “I don’t know. There are only a few such cases in the entire history of mankind, and they have not been studied.” Maybe you’ll only live for a month, or maybe opportunities will open up that never existed before.” And so it happened.

I still can’t say that I have become somehow very talented,” the former “Afghan” laughs. “But the brain seemed to begin to require constant mental stress. Before I was injured, I wasn’t interested in crossword puzzles at all, but now I can solve them for hours and days, cracking them like nuts. I have a plan: per month I must read at least one book of 200 pages and solve at least 40 crossword puzzles. I count easily: in a store I add things up in my head faster than a salesman on a calculator - the cashiers are surprised. I write poetry, I even published my own collection of poetry. An ear for music appeared: before, if I sang, those around me would wince. And now many people like it. After studying at the university, I continued my self-education: I wanted to learn as much as possible about everything. I read dictionaries and encyclopedias. Now I am writing a book “Second Life”.

“Many are sure that I am dead”

Alferov is well known at the War Disabled Hospital. When he arrives here for the next preventive maintenance, a joke is already flying through the corridors: give way, the devil is Seryoga.

To this day, fellow soldiers greet me, confident that I died,” says Sergei. “Once in a sanatorium I saw a former colleague, he dropped his crutches: “I was transporting you dead in an armored personnel carrier.”

By the way, in the sanatorium Alferov met not only a former colleague, but also his current wife.

When they gave me the ticket, they told me that there would also be girls from the Ivanovo textile workers’ enterprise. I say: “Ivanovo is a city of brides, which means I’ll find a wife.” Well, I scribbled! - the hero laughs.

Sergei and Elena got married in 1993, and a year later their son was born.

But the job didn’t work out: after college, Alferov got a job at the Leningrad Shipping Company. But the crisis of the 90s struck, they didn’t pay salaries, and I had to quit. New employers were in no hurry to hire a person with the first group of disabilities. "Afghan" pushed around and opened private business- a small store. And for the soul he engages in creativity and continues to hone his intellect.

My main achievement is that I live a full, interesting and joyful life,” says Sergei. - Life, that’s what it’s given for: if you survive, hold on!

This is what people who were in one of the bloodiest wars of the 19th century looked like. During the four years of the American Civil War, from 1861 to 1865, 700 thousand military personnel and 50 thousand civilians died. More than 400 thousand soldiers were wounded. When the war ended, an archive of photographs of wounded northerners was compiled (most of them were taken in 1865). Later, anamnesis was added to the photographs.
Private Ludwig Kohn, 26 years old

He was wounded in the chest at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 1, 1863, the bloodiest battle of the Civil War that ended in a Northern victory. Soon after the wound, Ludwig Kohn began to develop gangrene, soft tissues began to deteriorate, he coughed up blood and could not lie on his back - Kohn even spent the nights sitting. He fully recovered only two years later.
Private James Stokes, 20

Wounded in the elbow on March 29, 1865, at Gravelly Run, Virginia, two days before the major battle that ended in Northern victory. In the hospital, Stokes developed gangrene, but with the help of kerosene and turpentine, its development was stopped. The patient was discharged on July 5, 1865, the elbow joint remained completely motionless.
Sergeant L. Morell, 19 years old

He was wounded in the left side of the pelvis on July 1, 1862 at the Battle of Malvern Hill in Virginia (it ended the so-called Seven Days Battle - a major and successful operation of the southerners). It took more than a year to recover.
Private Edward Estell, 42

Wounded April 2, 1865, at the end of the siege of Petersburg, Virginia, which lasted almost a year. As a result of the injury, his left arm had to be amputated.
Private Samuel Tinecker, age unknown

German immigrant, shoemaker. Wounded in the left leg by a bullet on April 2, 1865, at the end of the Siege of Petersburg, Virginia. The leg was amputated right on the battlefield.
Private Peter Strine, 21

Wounded March 25, 1865 at the Battle of Fort Steadman in Virginia. A rifle bullet pierced the head of the humerus.
Private Joseph Harvey, age unknown

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