The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion (volume 3?) lists cases of wounds and injuries of the head, including the unusual case of Private J. H. Drew, Company F, 45th North Carolina Infantry, who received a sabre cut on his head on 1 July 1863, the first day's battle at Gettysburg. It is rare for an infantryman to receive such a wound, and since the 45th did not face Union cavalry at close range on that date, it is supposed that the wound was inflicted by a Union officer in hand-to-hand combat (an alternative and less noble explanation is that Drew was headed to the rear when struck by a Confederate officer). A near encounter did occur early in the afternoon that day between the 45th NC and the 149th Pennsylvania at the third (westernmost) railroad cut west of town. Drew was apparently taken back in the Confederate wagon train in the retreat and could have been among those Confederate wounded who were captured in a raid by Union cavalry against the train. Drew was admitted to hospital #1 in Frederick, Maryland on 6 July, and was transferred to Annapolis on 7 July for exchange.