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CSA DECEASED OF CASSVILLE'S MILITARY HOSPITALS

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Terry Foenander and used here with his permission.
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The following list of names, originally arranged by state, but re-arranged alphabetically by this author, was extracted from the Atlanta newspaper, the Southern Confederacy, dated March 25, 1864, and was preceded by the following notation:

"Below is appended a list of all deaths occurring among the soldiers at this post in the Newsom, Frank Ramsay, University and Flewellan Hospitals, from the 12th of October, 1863, to March 16th, 1864. By giving this list publicity some bereaved family may possibly receive the first tidings that a loved member of the home circle has gone to his last sleep, and to them is given the consolation that nothing was left undone by experienced and humane and attentive physicians to arrest the destroyer."

Each name is followed by the soldiers unit, and then the date of death. All the deaths shown occurred in the five or six month period prior to the publication of the list of names, and is not a complete listing of all deaths at the Cassville hospitals throughout the war. Additional data has been extracted from the sources shown at the end of the list. The newspaper listing did not specify cause of death, or which particular hospital each soldier died at. Unfortunately the Southern Confederacy did make some errors in publication. The major error spotted by this author was of a dozen names which were included under the listings for Florida, but which should have been listed under those soldiers from Georgia. I have corrected these listings by including the actual state in brackets. Undoubtedly there are other errors included in the publication of the list in the newspaper, and these will be corrected where possible.

Terry Foenander, transcriber and compiler

William Ashby	company A, 41st Tennessee, October 28, 1863.
A.M. Barrow	company F, 4th Tennessee, December 6, 1863.
John W. Bell	(captain), company A, 32nd Alabama, February 14, 1864. [appointed from Clarke County, Alabama - AL Rosters, 640.]
---- Benefield	company B, 39th Alabama, December 21, 1863.
John M. Benson	company A, 40th Georgia, January 21, 1864. [private, October 15, 1863; sick in hospital, December 31, 1863 - GA Rosters, 4, 343.]
J.W. Black	company G, 36th Georgia, January 27, 1864.
W.W. Boatwright	company A, 10th South Carolina, February 3, 1864.
William E. Bobo	(corporal), company K, 41st Florida [Georgia], March 12, 1864. [enlisted as second corporal, March 4, 1862; captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 4, 1863; paroled July 6, 1863 - GA Rosters, 4, 499.]
Aaron J. Boggs	company I, 28th Alabama, November 20, 1863.
---- Bordeaux	company G, 30th Louisiana, December 9, 1863.
Felix Brachin	company B, 27th Tennessee, November 27, 1863.
Abraham B. Bradley	company D, 60th North Carolina, January 4, 1864. [private; born Greenville District, South Carolina; resided in Henderson County, North Carolina on enlistment at age 23, July 10, 1862; deserted November 13, 1862; returned to duty in March-April, 1863; deserted again on September 1, 1863; reported sick in hospital, November-December, 1863 - NC Rosters, 14, 532.]
L.H. Bragg,	company A, Hawkin's Sharp Shooters, no further information shown.
S.E. Bridges	company E, 63rd Virginia, October 2, 1863.
Calvin (or Clavin) Brown	(sergeant), company F, 65th Georgia, December 9, 1863. [originally enlisted in Infantry Battalion, Smith's Legion, Georgia Volunteers, June 17, 1862; appointed 4th sergeant; transferred to company F, 65th Georgia Infantry, March, 1863; admitted to Lumpkin Hospital, Rome, Georgia, October 13, 1863, but died in a Cassville hospital - GA Rosters, 6, 638.]
S.G. Brown	company B, 60th North Carolina, January 27, 1864. [private; enlisted in Madison County, North Carolina, April 5, 1862; reported sick in hospital, November-December, 1862; returned to duty in January- February, 1863 - NC Rosters, 14, 516.]
Robert Bruce	company F, 2nd South Carolina, October 21, 1863.
Raymond Buckhalter	company B, 19th South Carolina, January 25, 1864.
Samuel J. Burrel	company A, 42nd Georgia, January 25, 1864. [enlisted November 4, 1862, as private; captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 4, 1863; paroled July 7, 1863 - GA Rosters, 4, 513.]
J.E. Butler	Alexander's Battery, no further information shown.
J.W. Carr	company G, 55th Georgia, December 9, 1863.
John P. Carr	company C, 26th Florida [Georgia], March 13, 1864.
John Carrie	company F, 24th South Carolina, December 18, 1863.
Travers M. Chandler	company I, 66th Georgia, January 20, 1864. [enlisted as private, September 1, 1863 - GA Rosters, 6, 756.]
James Clack	company D, 60th North Carolina, November 17, 1863. [private; shown as James A. Clark; enlisted at Tullahoma, Tennessee, January 20, 1863, as substitute for private Branson Broils of the same company - NC Rosters, 14, 533.]
Daniel Clowers	company I, 54th Virginia, October 5th [?], 1863.
Jacob Clowers	company I, 54th Virginia, November 15, 1863.
J.W.C. Cole	company B, 56th Georgia, January 19, 1864.
Berry Collins	company H, 24th Georgia, November 17, 1863. [roster shows the surname as Collier or Colyer; private - GA Rosters, 3, 65.]
James H. Congue	Dent's Battery, no further information shown.
J.W. Crash	company G, 47th Georgia, December 12, 1863.
Freeman Crump	company D, 7th Florida Cavalry, January 26, 1864.
Jasper Curl	company H, 1st Florida Cavalry, February 10, 1864.
Joseph Davis	company B, 8th Tennessee Cavalry, November 6, 1863.
S.J. Dickson	(sergeant), company A, 26th Battalion Georgia, December 12, 1863.
D.W. Dodson	company F, 54th Virginia, December 16, 1863.
J.W. Dubose	company D, 16th Alabama, December 8, 1863.
W.Frank Dunaway	company G, 4th Georgia, January 25, 1864. [actually served in company G, 46th Georgia Infantry; enlisted as private, March 4, 1862; roster entry shows he died at Marietta, Georgia, hospital - GA Rosters, 4, 990.]
T.J. Eddingfield	company A, 26th Battalion Georgia, January 28, 1864.
John W. Edson	company H, 46th Florida [Georgia], February 8, 1864. [surname shown as Eidson; private, May 1, 1862 - GA Rosters, 4, 1000.]
J. Edwards	company C, 37th Tennessee, December 31, 1863.
William Elison	company H, 42nd Georgia, January 24, 1864. [was actually a private in company D, died at Newsome Hospital - see GA Roster, 4, 543.]
Henderson D. Estes	company E, 58th North Carolina, February 3, 1864. [private; born Caldwell County, North Carolina; occupation, farmer; enlisted at age 24, July 5, 1862; mustered in as musician (drummer), later appointed drum major; transferred to field and staff, prior to May 1, 1863; reduced to ranks and transferred back to his old company, June 20, 1863 - NC Rosters, 14, 330.]
James C. Floral	(corporal), company C, 63rd Tennessee, November 18, 1863.
Thomas Fort	company G, 46th Georgia, January 19, 1864. [first name shown as Tomlinson; enlisted as private in company K, 2nd Georgia Infantry, July 17, 1861; discharged for disability, September 12, 1861; appointed 4th corporal, company G, 46th Georgia Infantry, March 4, 1862; musician, August, 1862 - GA Rosters, 4, 988.]
J.W. Gabel	9th Battalion Sharp Shooters, Federals, no further information shown.
Samuel Garrett	company H, 30th Alabama, January 17, 1864.
J.T. Garrison	company C, 9th Texas, October 17, 1863.
Roof Gordon	company A, 54th Virginia, October 28, 1863.
John Graves	company K, 58th Alabama, January 20, 1864.
John Gray	company E, 33rd Alabama, March 2, 1864.
John Green	company G, 47th Florida [Georgia], March 12, 1864. [enlisted as private, September 1, 1862; died of pneumonia in Newsome Hospital, Cassville, Georgia - GA Rosters, 5, 72.]
Harvey H. Gregg	company E, 58th North Carolina, January 20, 1864. [private, actually served in company D; surname shown as Gragg; enlisted at Watauga County, North Carolina, December 27, 1863; reported sick in hospital, January 15, 1864; had previously served as captain in the 98th Regiment, North Carolina Militia - NC Rosters, 14, 315.]
J.W. Haley	company H, 11th Florida, February 14, 1864.
J.T. Hamilton	company K, 30th Alabama, January 20, 1864.
S. Hamilton	company I, 3rd Florida, February 15, 1864.
L.H. Hampton	company A, 12th Tennessee, October 28, 1863.
Richard J. Hardy	(sergeant), company G, 43rd Georgia, December 16, 1863. [roster actually indicates his rank as private, at death; enlisted March 10, 1862 - GA Rosters, 4, 688.]
Ben A. Harrison	company H, 66th Georgia, January 24, 1864. [enlisted as private, September 15, 1863 - GA Rosters, 6, 749.]
John Hawley	company A, 8th Mississippi, January 27, 1864.
H.J. Hays	company E, 60th North Carolina, November 19, 1863. [probably Hugh Hays who had enlisted in this company, at Camp Martin, Mitchell County, North Carolina, on June 27, 1862 - NC Rosters, 14, 333.]
S.W. Henderson	company B, 36th Alabama, October 28, 1863.
Manuel B. Hernandes	(corporal), company A, 1st Florida, December 12, 1863. [enlisted May 31, 1861, at Pensacola, Florida - FL Rosters, 1, 78.]
Lawson T. Herrin	company K, 65th Georgia, January 27, 1864. [enlisted as private, September 11, 1863 - GA Rosters, 683.]
Lewis Hilton	company D, 54th Virginia, November 18, 1863.
James Hobbs	company D, 66th Florida [Georgia], February 3, 1864.
E. Holland	(sergeant), company F, 27th Tennessee, October 19, 1863.
John Thomas Houghton	company G, 25th Georgia, December 15, 1863. [was actually a member of company G, 46th Georgia Infantry; enlisted as private, March 4, 1862 - GA Rosters, 4, 991.]
J.A. Houston	company K, 36th Alabama, January 30, 1864.
Edmond Howard	company A, 10th South Carolina, January 29, 1864.
James M. Hughes	company I, 65th Georgia, December 16, 1863. [originally enlisted as private in Infantry Battalion, Smith's Legion, Georgia Volunteers, February 15, 1863; transferred to company I, 65th Regiment Georgia Infantry, March, 1863; in Loudon, Tennessee, hospital, March 19 - June 30, 1863; Dalton, Georgia, hospital, October 14-31, 1863; died in hospital at Cassville - GA Rosters, 6, 674.]
John C. Hughes	company G, 1st Tennessee Cavalry, January 31, 1864.
Joseph Hutch	company C, 10th South Carolina, February 1, 1864.
William Jarniken	zcompany D, 1st Florida, November 3, 1863.
A. Johnson	company F, 38th Alabama, January 25, 1864.
W. Johnson	Dent's Battery, no further information shown.
Wiley Jones	company D, 66th Florida [Georgia], February 10, 1864. [enlisted as private, July 28, 1863; died of brain fever in Newsom Hospital, Cassville (roster shows date of death as January 10, 1864) - GA Rosters, 6, 720.]
John Kemp	company L, 58th North Carolina, January 26, 1864. [private; enlisted in Ashe County, North Carolina, September 10, 1863 - NC Rosters, 14, 412.]
James D. Kerby	company E, 16th South Carolina, February 3, 1864.
C.H. Knight	company B, 32nd Mississippi, October 22, 1863.
G. Lee	company K, 7th Mississippi, December 9, 1863.
William H. Levert	company F, 24th South Carolina, January 23, 1864.
Thaddeus C. Lloyd	company K, 32nd and 58th Alabama, March 5, 1864.
W.A. Maddox	company B, 5th Kentucky, November 7, 1863.
Thomas Marion	company G, 38th Alabama, December 12, 1863.
J.H. Marsh	company G, 25th Georgia, December 15, 1863.
---- Matthews	company E, 10th Texas Cavalry, October 20, 1863.
Dan McKracken	company I, 32nd and 58th Alabama, January 27, 1864.
Isaac Moody	company F, 47th Florida [Georgia], March 18, 1864.
T.H. Morgan	company I, 36th Florida [Georgia], March 5, 1864.
W.P. Morgan	company G, 40th Florida [Georgia], March 15, 1864. [enlisted as private, December 24, 1863; died of pneumonia - GA Rosters, 4, 400.]
J.D.C. Nixon	company H, 24th Mississippi, December 13, 1863.
Sanford V. Owen	company I, 66th Florida [Georgia], February 1, 1864. [enlisted as private, September 1, 1863; died in Newsom Hospital, Cassville - GA Rosters, 6, 759.]
John D. Owens	company F, 30th Alabama, March 15th, 1864.
Joshua Padgett	company E, 24th South Carolina, February 16, 1864.
Solomon Pippin	company H, 4th Florida, October 13, 1863. [born 1842; enlisted September 7, 1861, at Vernon, Florida; died at the University Hospital, Cassville, Georgia - FL Rosters, 1, 438.]
Charles W. Plunckett	company F, 42nd Georgia, January 17, 1864. [roster shows his surname as Plunkett; enlisted as private, September 5, 1863; roll dated December 9, 1863, shows him as actually being in an Atlanta, Georgia, hospital - GA Rosters, 4, 567.]
Josiah F. Polk	company F, 1st Florida Cavalry, December 12, 1863.
James M. Pope	company K, 22nd Alabama, January 30, 1864.
Wesley Pope	company C, 51st Georgia, December 8, 1863. [born 1837; enlisted as private, March 4, 1862 - GA Rosters, 5, 391.]
Robert J. Pounds	company G, 4th Florida Infantry, February 12, 1864. [born 1838; enlisted July 2, 1861, at Ocala, Florida - FL Rosters, 1, 429.]
Thomas Proctor	company E, 43rd Georgia, January 25, 1864. [enlisted as private, March 10, 1862 - GA Rosters, 4, 669.]
J. Qustes	company E, 54th Virginia, November 24, 1863.
Jeptha Ramsey	Alexander's Battery, no further information shown.
Samuel Ratcliff	company E, 6th Texas, November 17, 1863.
W.B. Rayburn	company H, 38th Alabama, December 9, 1863.
William Reeves	(sergeant), company K, 23rd Alabama, January 27, 1864.
J. Richards	Smith's Battery, no further information shown.
H. Robbins	company I, 8th Arkansas, November 18, 1863.
A.M. Russell	company A, 28th Alabama, December 12, 1863.
Reuben Savage	company D, 18th Georgia, November 20, 1863. [enlisted as private, March, 1863 - GA Rosters, 2, 650.]
R.F. Sawyer	company H, 30th Alabama February 28, 1864.
B.F. Scott	company H, 4th Kentucky, January 24, 1864.
W.B. Scott	company F, 27th Tennessee, October 21, 1863.
J.N. Sellers	(sergeant), company F, 47th Georgia, October 16, 1863.
A.L. Smith	company C, 60th North Carolina, October 16, 1863. [sergeant; name actually shown in roster as D.L. Smith; enlisted in Buncombe County, North Carolina, July 8, 1862, as private; promoted sergeant, March 23, 1863; wounded in head at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20, 1863; nominated for Badge of Distinction for gallantry at Chickamauga - NC Rosters, 14, 530.]
J.T. Smith	company B, 2nd Battalion Georgia, October 15, 1863.
W.G. Smith	company A, 26th Battalion Georgia, December 9, 1863.
Charles Snow	company D, 65th Florida [Georgia], February 5, 1864. [originally enlisted as private in company F, Infantry Battalion, Smith's Legion, Georgia Volunteers, February 4, 1863; transferred to company D, 65th Georgia Infantry, March, 1863; absent without leave, July 28, 1863; rejoined company, December 23, 1863, and placed under arrest - GA Rosters, 6, 625.]
R.D. Spivey	(corporal), company L, 154th Tennessee, October 12, 1863.
W.J. Suddith	company G, 60th Alabama, January 19, 1864.
Wardedell Taylor	company E, 58th North Carolina, January 5, 1864. [private; name actually shown in roster as Weistell Taylor; enlisted in Burke County, North Carolina, August 29, 1862; reported sick in hospital in September-October, 1863 - NC Rosters, 14, 341.]
James Thornhill	company C, 23rd Alabama, February 5, 1864.
D.W. Toland	company B, 24th Battalion Tennessee, March 13, 1864.
James Townsend	company B, 4th Florida, January 26, 1864.
John Turner	company F, 58th North Carolina, November 22, 1863. [corporal; born in McDowell County, North Carolina, where he enlisted July 14, 1862, aged 18, as private; promoted corporal prior to March 1, 1863 - NC Rosters, 14, 356.]
James B. Tutt	company K, 7th Texas, March 16, 1864.
J.P. Vandever	company G, 28th Alabama, March 6, 1864.
J.E. Vaughan	company K, 28th Alabama, November 17, 1863.
Samuel B. Walker	company B, 2nd Kentucky, October 14, 1863.
J.W. Webb	company F, 24th South Carolina, March 4, 1864.
---- Williams	company I, 6th South Carolina, December -, 1863.
S.P. Williams	(sergeant), company C, 47th Georgia, December 12, 1863.
J.F. Wilson	company E, 45th Mississippi, January 8, 1864.
J.W. Wisher	company H, 24th South Carolina, February 24, 1864.
S.H. Wood	company F, 4th Battery Alabama, October 21, 1863.

Additional Sources of Information:

AL Rosters: "Brief Historical Sketches of Military Organizations Raised in Alabama During the Civil War, [this single volumed publication is in fact a reprint of pages 589 to 705 of the 1872 publication, by Willis Brewer, titled Alabama: Her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men and includes just a listing of the officers of all the units from that state who served in the Civil War] Alabama State Department of Archives and History, 1966.

FL Rosters: " Biographical Rosters of Florida's Confederate and Union Soldiers, 1861-1865," 6 volumes; compiled by David W. Hartman and David Coles; Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1995. Reference shows volume and page numbers.

GA Rosters: "Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865," 5 volumes; compiled by Lillian Henderson, Director, Confederate Pension and Record Department, Georgia, 1960. Reference shows volume and page numbers.

NC Rosters: "North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865," 14 volumes (in 2001); compiled under the authority of the North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1961-current. Reference shows volume and page numbers.

©Terry Foenander
June, 2001

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1865 Kern Amputation Kit
From Medical Antiques

This set is by Kern, Philadelphia. It is a fascinating set and somewhat of a mystery. It is a 4 layer set incorporating instruments for neurosurgery, general amputation and orthopedics. Considering that there are 4 layers and this is a large set size-wise it is interesting that there are relatively few instruments. Some minor pieces such as scalpels are missing but the majority of instruments are there, including the unusual rongeur's for picking at bone during and amputation.

This set is very similar to the Kolbe set on this site. They both have slide latches common to military sets and both are from Philadelphia. The layouts of the sets are similar as well. None of the instruments in this set are stamped USA Hosp Dept, though. Interestingly, this set has an original sales receipt with it, in fancy script, stating that the set was sold on August 9, 1865 to Benjamin Pope. Some research revealed that Pope was an Assistant surgeon with the New York 10th heavy artillery during the war. He was mustered in upstate New York and mustered out a few months prior to the date of sale on the set in Washington. The set was sold in Washington therefore making it likely a set he used as a civilian surgeon after the war.

Most likely this was a set originally intended for military use but then sold to a civilian as an "extra" towards the wars end. There were many such sets. When I got this set it was apparent that the nameplate was reversed. I removed it and on the other side was inscribed "Adams." That deepens the mystery. . . could it have been sold to Adams after it was owned by Pope? Research is ongoing.

Addendum!!: Turns out that Pope was in the 6th AND 10th NY heavy artillery. He was in the 6th just before being mustered out. The chief surgeon of the 6th was one John Adams. The picture now comes together: Most likely Pope got the set from Adams on the 6th, and after being mustered out did what other surgeons did: bought the set back from the government. Of course, he wouldn't want Adams name on the top of the case so he flipped the plate and voila. . . . the mystery is solved (or so I think).

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