Civil War Veteran
Co E 14th Iowa Infantry
From military records:
Harris, John M.
Age 25.
Residence Vandalia,Ia
nativity Indiana.
Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861.
Mustered Nov. 1, 1861.
Missing in action April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn.
Promoted Corporal Oct. 8,1863.
Wounded in right thigh July 14, 1864, Tupelo, Miss.
Died of wounds Aug. 2, 1864, Memphis, Tenn.
"Case 28. — Corporal J. M. Harris, Co. E, 14th Iowa, aged 20 years, was wounded in the right thigh at the battle of Tupelo, July 15, 1864, and entered the Adams Hospital, Memphis, five days afterwards. Assistant Surgeon J. M. Study, U. S. V., made the following report: "A minie ball entered the lower portion of the middle of the thigh and passed beneath the bone without fracturing it. Aneurism of the femoral artery resulted. On July 27th, Surgeon J. G. Keenon, U. S. V., probed the sac with the finger, when excessive haemorrhage ensued, and, after great difficulty in finding the ends of the artery, the vessel was ligated above and below the sac. Acting Assistant Surgeon S. S. Jessup assisted at the operation. Sphacelus of the foot and leg afterward necessitated amputation, which was performed, just below the knee joint, by Acting Assistant Surgeon R. W. Coale. The patient died of pyaemia August 3, 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, 1883.
Civil War Veteran
Co E 14th Iowa Infantry
From military records:
Harris, John M.
Age 25.
Residence Vandalia,Ia
nativity Indiana.
Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861.
Mustered Nov. 1, 1861.
Missing in action April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn.
Promoted Corporal Oct. 8,1863.
Wounded in right thigh July 14, 1864, Tupelo, Miss.
Died of wounds Aug. 2, 1864, Memphis, Tenn.
"Case 28. — Corporal J. M. Harris, Co. E, 14th Iowa, aged 20 years, was wounded in the right thigh at the battle of Tupelo, July 15, 1864, and entered the Adams Hospital, Memphis, five days afterwards. Assistant Surgeon J. M. Study, U. S. V., made the following report: "A minie ball entered the lower portion of the middle of the thigh and passed beneath the bone without fracturing it. Aneurism of the femoral artery resulted. On July 27th, Surgeon J. G. Keenon, U. S. V., probed the sac with the finger, when excessive haemorrhage ensued, and, after great difficulty in finding the ends of the artery, the vessel was ligated above and below the sac. Acting Assistant Surgeon S. S. Jessup assisted at the operation. Sphacelus of the foot and leg afterward necessitated amputation, which was performed, just below the knee joint, by Acting Assistant Surgeon R. W. Coale. The patient died of pyaemia August 3, 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, 1883.
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