Civil War - Enlisted and mustered in on 1 September 1861, Company G, 23rd Missouri Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a Private. It was noted he transferred to Company D at a later date.

"Case 1176. — J. Brazzle, Co. G, 23d Missouri, aged 18 years, was wounded in both legs, at the battle of Jonesboro, September 1, 1664. He passed through several hospitals, lastly entering No. 8, at New Albany, on December 2d. Assistant Surgeon S. M. Horton, U. S. A., in charge of the latter, reported: ''The wound was caused by a minie ball, which entered the left leg at the inner edge of the gastrocnemius muscle, three inches below the knee joint, and passed out at the opposite side of the leg. splintering the fibula in its course. No haemorrhage took place at the time the wound was received, but three attacks occurred in this hospital, the first on January 1st, the second on January 3d, and the third six days later. The entire loss of blood amounted to about a quart, and its source was the posterior tibial artery, the cardiac extremity of which was ligated at the bottom of the wound, on January 9th, by Acting Assistant Surgeon A. S. Greene. Chloroform constituted the anaesthetic. At the time of the operation the wound was in a healthy condition and the patient was in good health, but looked exsanguineous from the repeated losses of blood. No recurrence of hemorrhage followed after the operation. Erysipelas, in a mild degree, subsequently attacked the leg, leaving it eedematous. By March 31st the wound had not yet healed, but was discharging unhealthy pus, giving evidence of caries of fibula at the site of the wound." The patient was subsequently transferred as a convalescent to Joe Holt Hospital, and on July 26, 1865, he was discharged from service and pensioned. Examiner G. W Newman, of Bethany, Mo., May 8, 1867, certified to the injury, and added: "From appearance there is yet some detached pieces of the fibula in the wound. The wound is running, the leg is considerably enlarged, and the gastrocnemius muscle contracted so that he cannot bend the foot forward, and walks with difficulty.'' Two years later the same examiner stated: "The wound has not discharged for ten or twelve months. I think the leg will gradually improve," &c. Examining Surgeon J. Walker, at subsequent dates, reported the wound of the right leg, made by the missile passing through the calf of that limb before entering the left leg, produced no disability, but that the left leg is wasted and its motion much impaired, flexure being confined to a right angle, and the limb requiring to be bandaged to prevent swelling. In May, 1877, the exit wound was reported to be suppurating occasionally. The pensioner was paid September 4, 1880." -- 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, 1883.