Sharing from another list...Hope someone sees something! Ceya ______________________________X-Message: #10 >From: Jeanette Martin <martinj@mail.telfair.public.lib.ga.us> >To: GEORGIA-L@rootsweb.com >From Georgia: Artificial Limbs for Confederate Soldiers of GA 1866 - 1867 >Thomas Harris, Pike County, age 38, auburn hair, gray eyes, 6 ft. 8 in. >tall, blind in one >eye, right leg amputated 5 inches above the knee. 28 Sept 1866. > >G. W. J. Ford of Marion County, 25 yrs old, light hair, gray eyes, fair >complexion, 5 ft 8 in tall, left arm amputated below the elbow. 28 Sept >1866. > >H. C. Hamilton of Whitfield County, 19 yrs old, light hair, blue eyes, >small scar right of right eye, 5 ft 10 in tall, right forearm amputated >above the lower third. 6 Oct. 1866. > >Mason C. Miller of Decatur County, age 42, brown hair, blue eyes, fair >complexion, 5 ft 8 in. tall, right leg amputated below the knee. Oct. >26, 1866. > >William R. Logan of Union County, age 33, dark hair, dark complexion, >dark eyes, 5 ft. 11 in. tall, right leg amputated above the knee. 2 Nov >1866. > >Francis M. Willis of Union County, age 22, black hair, blue eyes, fair >complexion, 5 ft. 9 in tall, left leg amputated above the knee. 20 Feb. >1867. > >E. Wofford of Pickens County, age 22, light hair, blue eyes, light >complexion, 5 ft 10 in tall, right leg ampputated above the knee. 20 >Feb 1867. > >J.W. McCubbins of Muscogee county, age 26, dark hair, dark eyes, dark >complexion, 5 ft 9 in tall, right front foot ampputated at ankle joint. >6 May 1867. > >W. W. Acree of Taliaferro County, age 39, dark hair, hazel eyes, 5 ft 10 >in tall, left leg amputated below knee. Apr 6 1867. > >C.W. Graves of Whitfield co., age 31, dark hair, gray eyes, 6 ft tall, >right leg amputated below knee and ankle. 6 May 1867. > >S.B. Cleghorn of Muscogee Co. age 27, tawdy hair, blue eyes, light >complexion, 5 ft 7 in tall, right leg ampputated 2 inches above the >knee. 6 May 1867. > >C. C. Grimes of Putnam County, age 24, dark hair, grey eyes, fair >complexion, 5 ft 9 in tall, left leg amputated 5 inches below the hip >joint. 25 May 1867. > >H. Rawls Jr of Richmond County, age 23, dark hair, gray eyes, dark >complexion, 5 ft 2 inc tall, right leg amputated below the knee. 12 Mar >1867. > >James Roach of Sumter County, age 30, brown hair, gray eyes, dark >complex., 5 ft 6 in tall, right arm amputated above the elbow. 23 Mar >1867. > >Thomas R. Morris of Columbia Co., age 24, light hair, blue eyes, 5 ft 6 >in. tall, right arm amputated above the elbow. 6 May 1867. > >Henry G. Daniel of Cherokee Co., age 28?, dark hair, blue eyes, fair >complex., 6 ft tall, left arm amputated at the elbow joint. While a >resident of Cherokee Co. he belonged to Company F, 2nd Ga Reg't and was >wounded at the Battle of Wilderness. 6 May 1864. > >Henry Keasler of Franklin Co., age 48, black hair, dark eyes, dark >complex, 5 ft 5 in tall, right arm amputated below the elbow. While a >resident of Franklin Co. he was in the Co. E, 4th Ga Reg't, and was >wounded near Atlanta on Nov 7, 1864. 12 Nov. 1866. > >R.D. Mobley of Newton Co., age 26, gray eyes, dark hair, fair complex., >5 ft 8 in tall. Left arm amputated midway between the shoulder joint >and elbow. A resident of Liberty Co, but at present a student at Emory >College. He belonged to Capt. J.M. Smith's Company I, 25th Ga Reg't. >Was wounded at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain on 16 June 1864. >Dec. 5, 1867. > >Milton A. Clark of Burke County, age 25, blue eyes, light complex., 5 ft >10 in tall, right leg amputated just below the knee. While a resident >of Burke County, he belonged to Company G, 38th Ga Reg't. He was wounded >at Spotsylvanie Courthouse on 12 May 1864. 10 Dec 1867. > >Thomas Gallaghan of Bibb County, age 34, dark hair, blue eyes, light >complex., 5 ft 1 in tall, left leg ampputated above the knee joint. A >resident of Bibb County he belonged to Company I, 9th Ga Reg't. He was >wounded at the Battle of Manassas on 30 Aug 1862. 13 Dec 1867 > >Ga Dept of Archives and History. Record Group 11-1-20. Each claim >is signed by the veteran. >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- > >George M. Nichols of Clark County, age 21, dark hair, dark eyes, dark >complex, 5 ft 5 in tall. His left arm ampputated at the shoulder >joint. A resident of Clark county, he belonged to Company G, 16th Ga >Reg't and was wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg on 4 July 1863. He >wants the money value of the arm as an artificial arm would be of little >use to him. 13 April 1867 > >William J. Whitehead of Clark County, age 27, dark hair, gray eyes dark >complex, 5 ft 9 in tall. His left leg was amputated below the knee. A >resident of Clark Co., he belonged to Company C, 44th Ga Reg't. He was >wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness on 5 May 1864. 12 April >1867 > >source: Georgia State Papers, William R. Perkins Library, Duke >University ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- >Please do not email about these men. I know nothing other than what you >see here. I hope someone will be helped. Jeanette in Telfair Co.Ga