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J. J. Smith Co. E 22nd Georgia

Another case listed in The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, part II, volume II, Surgical History (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1877), p. 214, is that of Private J. J. Smith of Company E, 22nd Georgia Infantry, age 30 at the time of his wounding on 3 [probably 2] July 1863 at Gettysburg. Databases give his name as Jesse J., or John J., or J. John Smith. "He was cared for at the 3rd [Union] Corps Hospital until the 28th [of July], and then transferred to Camp Letterman. Acting Assistant Surgeon [J. R.] Rowand [U.S. Volunteers] reported: 'a minie ball entered a half inch below the umbilicus, passed on under the integuments, and escaped at the upper edge of the right os innominatum, fracturing the crest of the ilium, a portion of which it carried away. The missile then passed through the middle third of the right arm, fracturing the humerus. Arm amputated by circular operation' ... on October 1 [1863] he was transferred to West's Buildings Hospital, Baltimore, and on November 12 to City Point for exchange."