Hebron Journal 12-21-2022~~~130 Years ago, 1892:
Editor's Note: The following is reprinted from the web site of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. The back of the illustrated card (a photo of him, after his release from Andersonville prison and a photo of him later in life with his prosthetics) reads:
"John W. January joined the 14th Illinois Cavalry in June of 1864. He was a prisoner of war at Andersonville, Ga., and Florence S.C., for about 16 months by (not legible) of scurvy super induced by starvation he lost his feet which he himself heroically amputated with a pocket knife. No surgeon in prison being willing to perform the operation.
He arrived at David's Island N.Y., a mere skeleton weighing but 45 pounds and after seven months treatment in hospital was restored to bodily health, all things considered Mesr.
January's case is perhaps the most notable example of nerve and body suffering in the anals of the man he is yet October 26, 1900 living, the father of a large family. He passed away on November 29, 1906, at the age of 60. (This date is different from the tombstone.)
Editor's Note: The following is reprinted from the web site of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. The back of the illustrated card (a photo of him, after his release from Andersonville prison and a photo of him later in life with his prosthetics) reads:
"John W. January joined the 14th Illinois Cavalry in June of 1864. He was a prisoner of war at Andersonville, Ga., and Florence S.C., for about 16 months by (not legible) of scurvy super induced by starvation he lost his feet which he himself heroically amputated with a pocket knife. No surgeon in prison being willing to perform the operation.
He arrived at David's Island N.Y., a mere skeleton weighing but 45 pounds and after seven months treatment in hospital was restored to bodily health, all things considered Mesr.
January's case is perhaps the most notable example of nerve and body suffering in the anals of the man he is yet October 26, 1900 living, the father of a large family. He passed away on November 29, 1906, at the age of 60. (This date is different from the tombstone.)
Hebron Journal 12-21-2022~~~130 Years ago, 1892:
Editor's Note: The following is reprinted from the web site of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. The back of the illustrated card (a photo of him, after his release from Andersonville prison and a photo of him later in life with his prosthetics) reads:
"John W. January joined the 14th Illinois Cavalry in June of 1864. He was a prisoner of war at Andersonville, Ga., and Florence S.C., for about 16 months by (not legible) of scurvy super induced by starvation he lost his feet which he himself heroically amputated with a pocket knife. No surgeon in prison being willing to perform the operation.
He arrived at David's Island N.Y., a mere skeleton weighing but 45 pounds and after seven months treatment in hospital was restored to bodily health, all things considered Mesr.
January's case is perhaps the most notable example of nerve and body suffering in the anals of the man he is yet October 26, 1900 living, the father of a large family. He passed away on November 29, 1906, at the age of 60. (This date is different from the tombstone.)
Editor's Note: The following is reprinted from the web site of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. The back of the illustrated card (a photo of him, after his release from Andersonville prison and a photo of him later in life with his prosthetics) reads:
"John W. January joined the 14th Illinois Cavalry in June of 1864. He was a prisoner of war at Andersonville, Ga., and Florence S.C., for about 16 months by (not legible) of scurvy super induced by starvation he lost his feet which he himself heroically amputated with a pocket knife. No surgeon in prison being willing to perform the operation.
He arrived at David's Island N.Y., a mere skeleton weighing but 45 pounds and after seven months treatment in hospital was restored to bodily health, all things considered Mesr.
January's case is perhaps the most notable example of nerve and body suffering in the anals of the man he is yet October 26, 1900 living, the father of a large family. He passed away on November 29, 1906, at the age of 60. (This date is different from the tombstone.)
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