. A history of the Forty-fourth Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . hings necessary tobind up his wounds. From Buffalo a ride of 35 miles was before him,most of the way by stage. At Rices Corners, Comrade George Orr tookhim the rest of the way in his carriage and about sundown, July 24th,led him into his fathers house. Great was the rejoicing. Soon thehouse and yard were filled with the people of the village. SolomonLincoln, the merchant of the village and of whom the Captain was agreat favorite, ordered out the village cannon, supplied th
. A history of the Forty-fourth Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . hings necessary tobind up his wounds. From Buffalo a ride of 35 miles was before him,most of the way by stage. At Rices Corners, Comrade George Orr tookhim the rest of the way in his carriage and about sundown, July 24th,led him into his fathers house. Great was the rejoicing. Soon thehouse and yard were filled with the people of the village. SolomonLincoln, the merchant of the village and of whom the Captain was agreat favorite, ordered out the village cannon, supplied the powder andthe firing began. The farmers in the surrounding country heard it andhurried to the village to hear the news, for it was the custom in thattown to fire the cannon whenever there was a Union victory. But onall sides you only heard: The Captain has come home; the dead hascome to life again. This is the Captains story and we may say in conclusion that hepartially recovered his sight and returned to his countrys service andserved on the field and as Military Assistant at Philadelphia till the closeof the ELNATHAN MEADE. Born November 7, T845, m the Township of Gorham, OntarioCounty, New York, near the village of Rushville and entered the armyfrom the town of Italy, Yates County, New York, in August 1862, inCo. C. 44th N. Y. Vols.; was wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862, and again May 5, 1864, very severely at theBattle of the Wilderness, Va. by a musket ball weighing one ouncepassing through the head and face. The wound is a very remarkableone and according to the records of the Surgeon-General, the only oneof that character on record. Dr. T. B. Hood, Chief of the Medical Division of the U. S. PensionOffice (Medical Referee), describes the disability resulting from gun-shot wound of head as follows: I certify that I have intimately known Mr. EInathan Meadeand that at intervals, for several years past, he has been in myprofessional care
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