DAY, Henry Co. A, 6th AL. Inf. Enlisted: 8/30/61, Sangster's Cross Roads, Va. C.M.R.: Aug. to Sep. 1861 present. Chimborazo Hospital No. 4, Richmond, Va. Died Jun. 5, 1863 from Gunshot Wound of Leg received at the battle of Chancellorsville. 5/2-5/63.
"Case 702. — Corporal H. Day, Co. A, 6th Alabama, was wounded in the light leg, at Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863. The records of Chimborazo Confederate Hospital No. 4, Richmond, show his admission May 14th, with the following description of the injury and its result: "The ball entered at the external malleolus, slightly fracturing the fibula, ranging upward and inward, and making its exit about an inch and a half from the posterior edge of the tibia and about four inches from the knee joint. On May 20th, a haemorrhage from the upper wound estimated at from ten to twelve ounces, and probably coining from the posterior tibial artery, was arrested by compression of the femoral on the pubis, after which a tourniquet was applied to the thigh. On May 28th, another haemorrhage occurred from the upper wound and from fifteen to twenty ounces of blood were lost, when it was checked by introducing the fingers into the wound and seizing the vessel and adjacent tissues. Ligation of the femoral artery was then performed. The tissues were found to be disorganized and reduced to a soft pulpy mass, in which it was impracticable to define any healthy structure. While preparing for the operation the patient had a slight convulsion, and for a few moments all proceedings were suspended in anticipation of immediate death. Haemorrhage did not recur after the operation. On June 2d, there was a slight chill followed by fever. On the next day the discharge from the upper wound was of a greenish-gray color, offensive in odor, and indicative of gangrene. Gangrenous symptoms increased, and by June 4th the foot and leg were livid and swollen, odor very offensive. He died in a comatose condition, June 5, 1863, the whole leg and thigh having become thoroughly gangrenous. It is probable that the posterior tibial artery was not divided by the ball, but opened by the softening of the tissues subsequent to the occurrence of the wound." -- The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. Part III, Volume II. (3rd Surgical volume) by U.S. Army Surgeon General's Office.
"Case 702. — Corporal H. Day, Co. A, 6th Alabama, was wounded in the light leg, at Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863. The records of Chimborazo Confederate Hospital No. 4, Richmond, show his admission May 14th, with the following description of the injury and its result: "The ball entered at the external malleolus, slightly fracturing the fibula, ranging upward and inward, and making its exit about an inch and a half from the posterior edge of the tibia and about four inches from the knee joint. On May 20th, a haemorrhage from the upper wound estimated at from ten to twelve ounces, and probably coining from the posterior tibial artery, was arrested by compression of the femoral on the pubis, after which a tourniquet was applied to the thigh. On May 28th, another haemorrhage occurred from the upper wound and from fifteen to twenty ounces of blood were lost, when it was checked by introducing the fingers into the wound and seizing the vessel and adjacent tissues. Ligation of the femoral artery was then performed. The tissues were found to be disorganized and reduced to a soft pulpy mass, in which it was impracticable to define any healthy structure. While preparing for the operation the patient had a slight convulsion, and for a few moments all proceedings were suspended in anticipation of immediate death. Haemorrhage did not recur after the operation. On June 2d, there was a slight chill followed by fever. On the next day the discharge from the upper wound was of a greenish-gray color, offensive in odor, and indicative of gangrene. Gangrenous symptoms increased, and by June 4th the foot and leg were livid and swollen, odor very offensive. He died in a comatose condition, June 5, 1863, the whole leg and thigh having become thoroughly gangrenous. It is probable that the posterior tibial artery was not divided by the ball, but opened by the softening of the tissues subsequent to the occurrence of the wound." -- The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. Part III, Volume II. (3rd Surgical volume) by U.S. Army Surgeon General's Office.
DAY, Henry Co. A, 6th AL. Inf. Enlisted: 8/30/61, Sangster's Cross Roads, Va. C.M.R.: Aug. to Sep. 1861 present. Chimborazo Hospital No. 4, Richmond, Va. Died Jun. 5, 1863 from Gunshot Wound of Leg received at the battle of Chancellorsville. 5/2-5/63.
"Case 702. — Corporal H. Day, Co. A, 6th Alabama, was wounded in the light leg, at Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863. The records of Chimborazo Confederate Hospital No. 4, Richmond, show his admission May 14th, with the following description of the injury and its result: "The ball entered at the external malleolus, slightly fracturing the fibula, ranging upward and inward, and making its exit about an inch and a half from the posterior edge of the tibia and about four inches from the knee joint. On May 20th, a haemorrhage from the upper wound estimated at from ten to twelve ounces, and probably coining from the posterior tibial artery, was arrested by compression of the femoral on the pubis, after which a tourniquet was applied to the thigh. On May 28th, another haemorrhage occurred from the upper wound and from fifteen to twenty ounces of blood were lost, when it was checked by introducing the fingers into the wound and seizing the vessel and adjacent tissues. Ligation of the femoral artery was then performed. The tissues were found to be disorganized and reduced to a soft pulpy mass, in which it was impracticable to define any healthy structure. While preparing for the operation the patient had a slight convulsion, and for a few moments all proceedings were suspended in anticipation of immediate death. Haemorrhage did not recur after the operation. On June 2d, there was a slight chill followed by fever. On the next day the discharge from the upper wound was of a greenish-gray color, offensive in odor, and indicative of gangrene. Gangrenous symptoms increased, and by June 4th the foot and leg were livid and swollen, odor very offensive. He died in a comatose condition, June 5, 1863, the whole leg and thigh having become thoroughly gangrenous. It is probable that the posterior tibial artery was not divided by the ball, but opened by the softening of the tissues subsequent to the occurrence of the wound." -- The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. Part III, Volume II. (3rd Surgical volume) by U.S. Army Surgeon General's Office.
"Case 702. — Corporal H. Day, Co. A, 6th Alabama, was wounded in the light leg, at Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863. The records of Chimborazo Confederate Hospital No. 4, Richmond, show his admission May 14th, with the following description of the injury and its result: "The ball entered at the external malleolus, slightly fracturing the fibula, ranging upward and inward, and making its exit about an inch and a half from the posterior edge of the tibia and about four inches from the knee joint. On May 20th, a haemorrhage from the upper wound estimated at from ten to twelve ounces, and probably coining from the posterior tibial artery, was arrested by compression of the femoral on the pubis, after which a tourniquet was applied to the thigh. On May 28th, another haemorrhage occurred from the upper wound and from fifteen to twenty ounces of blood were lost, when it was checked by introducing the fingers into the wound and seizing the vessel and adjacent tissues. Ligation of the femoral artery was then performed. The tissues were found to be disorganized and reduced to a soft pulpy mass, in which it was impracticable to define any healthy structure. While preparing for the operation the patient had a slight convulsion, and for a few moments all proceedings were suspended in anticipation of immediate death. Haemorrhage did not recur after the operation. On June 2d, there was a slight chill followed by fever. On the next day the discharge from the upper wound was of a greenish-gray color, offensive in odor, and indicative of gangrene. Gangrenous symptoms increased, and by June 4th the foot and leg were livid and swollen, odor very offensive. He died in a comatose condition, June 5, 1863, the whole leg and thigh having become thoroughly gangrenous. It is probable that the posterior tibial artery was not divided by the ball, but opened by the softening of the tissues subsequent to the occurrence of the wound." -- The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. Part III, Volume II. (3rd Surgical volume) by U.S. Army Surgeon General's Office.
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