Died in Union General George B. McClellan's peninsular campaign against Fort Monroe.
"Case 155. — Lieutenant C. F. Bailey, Co. D, 6th Vermont, aged 40 years, was wounded at Lee's Mills, April 16, 1862. Surgeon J. B. Brown, U. S. A., described the injury as a "wound of the groin." Surgeon R. B. Bontecou, U. S. V., reported : "He was admitted into the Hygeia Hospital, Fort Monroe, on April 22d, having been wounded by a round ball, which entered the left groin, passing between the femoral artery and anterior crural nerve, then entering the ramus of pubis and acetabulum, furrowing deeply the head of the femur, and passing through the acetabulum into the pelvis and resting by the left side of the rectum, about four inches above its termination. On admission, he was suffering much pain when the limb was moved. Wet applications and soothing treatment, with perfect rest, made him for some days comfortable. Fever of a low form occurred, and a yellow condition of the skin followed, with delirium, and death on May 1, 1862." -- The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. Part III, Volume II. (3rd Surgical volume) by U. S. Army Surgeon General's Office, 1883.
Died in Union General George B. McClellan's peninsular campaign against Fort Monroe.
"Case 155. — Lieutenant C. F. Bailey, Co. D, 6th Vermont, aged 40 years, was wounded at Lee's Mills, April 16, 1862. Surgeon J. B. Brown, U. S. A., described the injury as a "wound of the groin." Surgeon R. B. Bontecou, U. S. V., reported : "He was admitted into the Hygeia Hospital, Fort Monroe, on April 22d, having been wounded by a round ball, which entered the left groin, passing between the femoral artery and anterior crural nerve, then entering the ramus of pubis and acetabulum, furrowing deeply the head of the femur, and passing through the acetabulum into the pelvis and resting by the left side of the rectum, about four inches above its termination. On admission, he was suffering much pain when the limb was moved. Wet applications and soothing treatment, with perfect rest, made him for some days comfortable. Fever of a low form occurred, and a yellow condition of the skin followed, with delirium, and death on May 1, 1862." -- The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. Part III, Volume II. (3rd Surgical volume) by U. S. Army Surgeon General's Office, 1883.
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