Civil War- Enlisted on 22 August 1861 at Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan, Company B, 7th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a Private; he was residing at Bunker Hill, Ingham County, Michigan prior to his enlistment at 22 years of age; wounded in action during the Battle of Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania on 3 July 1863; returned to his regiment on 24 March 1864; killed in action during the Battle of the Wilderness, Orange County, Virginia on 6 May 1864.
"Case 535. — Private G. Hodges, Co. B, 7th Michigan, aged 25 years, was wounded at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, and entered Satterlee Hospital, Philadelphia, one week afterwards. Acting Assistant Surgeon M. J. Grier noted: "A shot wound of left knee by a minie ball passing over the patella, cutting through the outer laminae of the ligamentum patella and scratching the surface of the bone." A portion of the patella became necrosed during the progress of the case. The wound closed about October 1st, but reopened some ten days later, when a small piece of bone exfoliated. The wound healed about November 1st. Some days afterwards, however, the patient, while wrestling, fell on his injured knee, breaking open the tissues down to the tendon over the patella for an inch and a half in length. After this rupture reclosed the patient had an attack of facial erysipelas, which was cured, and subsequently he suffered with otorrhoea. On March 24, 1864, the patient was returned to his regiment for duty. He was killed at the battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864." -- 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
"Case 535. — Private G. Hodges, Co. B, 7th Michigan, aged 25 years, was wounded at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, and entered Satterlee Hospital, Philadelphia, one week afterwards. Acting Assistant Surgeon M. J. Grier noted: "A shot wound of left knee by a minie ball passing over the patella, cutting through the outer laminae of the ligamentum patella and scratching the surface of the bone." A portion of the patella became necrosed during the progress of the case. The wound closed about October 1st, but reopened some ten days later, when a small piece of bone exfoliated. The wound healed about November 1st. Some days afterwards, however, the patient, while wrestling, fell on his injured knee, breaking open the tissues down to the tendon over the patella for an inch and a half in length. After this rupture reclosed the patient had an attack of facial erysipelas, which was cured, and subsequently he suffered with otorrhoea. On March 24, 1864, the patient was returned to his regiment for duty. He was killed at the battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864." -- 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
Civil War- Enlisted on 22 August 1861 at Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan, Company B, 7th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a Private; he was residing at Bunker Hill, Ingham County, Michigan prior to his enlistment at 22 years of age; wounded in action during the Battle of Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania on 3 July 1863; returned to his regiment on 24 March 1864; killed in action during the Battle of the Wilderness, Orange County, Virginia on 6 May 1864.
"Case 535. — Private G. Hodges, Co. B, 7th Michigan, aged 25 years, was wounded at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, and entered Satterlee Hospital, Philadelphia, one week afterwards. Acting Assistant Surgeon M. J. Grier noted: "A shot wound of left knee by a minie ball passing over the patella, cutting through the outer laminae of the ligamentum patella and scratching the surface of the bone." A portion of the patella became necrosed during the progress of the case. The wound closed about October 1st, but reopened some ten days later, when a small piece of bone exfoliated. The wound healed about November 1st. Some days afterwards, however, the patient, while wrestling, fell on his injured knee, breaking open the tissues down to the tendon over the patella for an inch and a half in length. After this rupture reclosed the patient had an attack of facial erysipelas, which was cured, and subsequently he suffered with otorrhoea. On March 24, 1864, the patient was returned to his regiment for duty. He was killed at the battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864." -- 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
"Case 535. — Private G. Hodges, Co. B, 7th Michigan, aged 25 years, was wounded at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, and entered Satterlee Hospital, Philadelphia, one week afterwards. Acting Assistant Surgeon M. J. Grier noted: "A shot wound of left knee by a minie ball passing over the patella, cutting through the outer laminae of the ligamentum patella and scratching the surface of the bone." A portion of the patella became necrosed during the progress of the case. The wound closed about October 1st, but reopened some ten days later, when a small piece of bone exfoliated. The wound healed about November 1st. Some days afterwards, however, the patient, while wrestling, fell on his injured knee, breaking open the tissues down to the tendon over the patella for an inch and a half in length. After this rupture reclosed the patient had an attack of facial erysipelas, which was cured, and subsequently he suffered with otorrhoea. On March 24, 1864, the patient was returned to his regiment for duty. He was killed at the battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864." -- 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
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