George Sinsel, the son of Johanna Maria Boeendefer and Johann Sinsel, was born in Bavaria, Germany in 1841. When George was eleven years old, in 1852, he accompanied his family to the United States.
George learned to read and write (English) while in the army. He joined as a Private in Company D 8th NY Heavy Artillery, otherwise known as the Bloody Eighth, during the American Civil War. On June 16th 1864 George was shot in the head by a mini-ball and left for dead on the battlefield for three days during the battle of Petersburg; he finally wandered into a field hospital.
Prior to Petersburg George also served at the battle of the Wilderness and at Cold Harbor.
George kept a diary while in the war.
On 26 June 1864 he wrote "This morning it quite cool, this afternoon it is very warm. This evening a piece of skull came out of my head".
On 21 August 1864, while still being treated for his head wound he wrote "Sunday, it was raining all day to day; my head paind me all day to day, and how lonesome it was. When will this cruel war come to a close. But may the great god, direct its course. I am discourged in the way, a Soldier get treated after he is wounded; when a man is of no use he can not eaven get a furlough to go and see his Friends at home".
George's last entry, while still in the hospital, is 3 March 1865, "I got my discharge".
George Sinsel died on September 16, 1911 at the home he built after returning from the war.
References for George Sinsel:
Full Measure of Devotion, The Eighth New York Volunteer Heavy Artillery, Part 1 and Part 2. By Wilbur Russell Dunn. Part 1, Page 301. Part 2, Pages 313, 317, 350-351, 352, 353-354, 359-360, 398, 404, 421, 566.
Niagara County, New York. By Edward T. Williams. Page 794, George Sinsel.
Campfire Sketches and Battlefield Echoes of the War of the Rebellion. By W.C. King and W.P. Derby. W.C. King & Co.. Publishers, Springfield, Mass. 1887. "A Death Wound That Did Not Kill".
Lockport Daily Journal, 26 March 1883, P.3, C.2, I. Richard Reed. "A Remarkable Case". An additional article was done about George Sinsel by the same reporter about twenty years later entitled "Hole In His Head!" but I do not have the name of the newspaper or the date it was published.
Reported to have been published in a medical journal as a medical miracle, I have never been able to find a copy.
George learned to read and write (English) while in the army. He joined as a Private in Company D 8th NY Heavy Artillery, otherwise known as the Bloody Eighth, during the American Civil War. On June 16th 1864 George was shot in the head by a mini-ball and left for dead on the battlefield for three days during the battle of Petersburg; he finally wandered into a field hospital.
Prior to Petersburg George also served at the battle of the Wilderness and at Cold Harbor.
George kept a diary while in the war.
On 26 June 1864 he wrote "This morning it quite cool, this afternoon it is very warm. This evening a piece of skull came out of my head".
On 21 August 1864, while still being treated for his head wound he wrote "Sunday, it was raining all day to day; my head paind me all day to day, and how lonesome it was. When will this cruel war come to a close. But may the great god, direct its course. I am discourged in the way, a Soldier get treated after he is wounded; when a man is of no use he can not eaven get a furlough to go and see his Friends at home".
George's last entry, while still in the hospital, is 3 March 1865, "I got my discharge".
George Sinsel died on September 16, 1911 at the home he built after returning from the war.
References for George Sinsel:
Full Measure of Devotion, The Eighth New York Volunteer Heavy Artillery, Part 1 and Part 2. By Wilbur Russell Dunn. Part 1, Page 301. Part 2, Pages 313, 317, 350-351, 352, 353-354, 359-360, 398, 404, 421, 566.
Niagara County, New York. By Edward T. Williams. Page 794, George Sinsel.
Campfire Sketches and Battlefield Echoes of the War of the Rebellion. By W.C. King and W.P. Derby. W.C. King & Co.. Publishers, Springfield, Mass. 1887. "A Death Wound That Did Not Kill".
Lockport Daily Journal, 26 March 1883, P.3, C.2, I. Richard Reed. "A Remarkable Case". An additional article was done about George Sinsel by the same reporter about twenty years later entitled "Hole In His Head!" but I do not have the name of the newspaper or the date it was published.
Reported to have been published in a medical journal as a medical miracle, I have never been able to find a copy.
George Sinsel, the son of Johanna Maria Boeendefer and Johann Sinsel, was born in Bavaria, Germany in 1841. When George was eleven years old, in 1852, he accompanied his family to the United States.
George learned to read and write (English) while in the army. He joined as a Private in Company D 8th NY Heavy Artillery, otherwise known as the Bloody Eighth, during the American Civil War. On June 16th 1864 George was shot in the head by a mini-ball and left for dead on the battlefield for three days during the battle of Petersburg; he finally wandered into a field hospital.
Prior to Petersburg George also served at the battle of the Wilderness and at Cold Harbor.
George kept a diary while in the war.
On 26 June 1864 he wrote "This morning it quite cool, this afternoon it is very warm. This evening a piece of skull came out of my head".
On 21 August 1864, while still being treated for his head wound he wrote "Sunday, it was raining all day to day; my head paind me all day to day, and how lonesome it was. When will this cruel war come to a close. But may the great god, direct its course. I am discourged in the way, a Soldier get treated after he is wounded; when a man is of no use he can not eaven get a furlough to go and see his Friends at home".
George's last entry, while still in the hospital, is 3 March 1865, "I got my discharge".
George Sinsel died on September 16, 1911 at the home he built after returning from the war.
References for George Sinsel:
Full Measure of Devotion, The Eighth New York Volunteer Heavy Artillery, Part 1 and Part 2. By Wilbur Russell Dunn. Part 1, Page 301. Part 2, Pages 313, 317, 350-351, 352, 353-354, 359-360, 398, 404, 421, 566.
Niagara County, New York. By Edward T. Williams. Page 794, George Sinsel.
Campfire Sketches and Battlefield Echoes of the War of the Rebellion. By W.C. King and W.P. Derby. W.C. King & Co.. Publishers, Springfield, Mass. 1887. "A Death Wound That Did Not Kill".
Lockport Daily Journal, 26 March 1883, P.3, C.2, I. Richard Reed. "A Remarkable Case". An additional article was done about George Sinsel by the same reporter about twenty years later entitled "Hole In His Head!" but I do not have the name of the newspaper or the date it was published.
Reported to have been published in a medical journal as a medical miracle, I have never been able to find a copy.
George learned to read and write (English) while in the army. He joined as a Private in Company D 8th NY Heavy Artillery, otherwise known as the Bloody Eighth, during the American Civil War. On June 16th 1864 George was shot in the head by a mini-ball and left for dead on the battlefield for three days during the battle of Petersburg; he finally wandered into a field hospital.
Prior to Petersburg George also served at the battle of the Wilderness and at Cold Harbor.
George kept a diary while in the war.
On 26 June 1864 he wrote "This morning it quite cool, this afternoon it is very warm. This evening a piece of skull came out of my head".
On 21 August 1864, while still being treated for his head wound he wrote "Sunday, it was raining all day to day; my head paind me all day to day, and how lonesome it was. When will this cruel war come to a close. But may the great god, direct its course. I am discourged in the way, a Soldier get treated after he is wounded; when a man is of no use he can not eaven get a furlough to go and see his Friends at home".
George's last entry, while still in the hospital, is 3 March 1865, "I got my discharge".
George Sinsel died on September 16, 1911 at the home he built after returning from the war.
References for George Sinsel:
Full Measure of Devotion, The Eighth New York Volunteer Heavy Artillery, Part 1 and Part 2. By Wilbur Russell Dunn. Part 1, Page 301. Part 2, Pages 313, 317, 350-351, 352, 353-354, 359-360, 398, 404, 421, 566.
Niagara County, New York. By Edward T. Williams. Page 794, George Sinsel.
Campfire Sketches and Battlefield Echoes of the War of the Rebellion. By W.C. King and W.P. Derby. W.C. King & Co.. Publishers, Springfield, Mass. 1887. "A Death Wound That Did Not Kill".
Lockport Daily Journal, 26 March 1883, P.3, C.2, I. Richard Reed. "A Remarkable Case". An additional article was done about George Sinsel by the same reporter about twenty years later entitled "Hole In His Head!" but I do not have the name of the newspaper or the date it was published.
Reported to have been published in a medical journal as a medical miracle, I have never been able to find a copy.
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