Jared Wheeler
East Windsor resident
8th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Co. A
Enlisted 9/25/1861
Wounded 9/17/1862 at the Battle of Antietam
Disability discharge 11/17/1863
"Case 755. — Private J. Wheeler, Co. A, 8th Connecticut, aged 23 years, was wounded at Antietam, September 17, 1862. Surgeon T. H. Squire, 89th New York, recorded bis admission to the Locust Spring field hospital, near Sharpsburg, and noted the following description of the case: "The wound was through the right ankle joint by a musket ball. The leg was amputated one week after the injury by Surgeon W. H. Leonard, 51st New York, at the junction of the upper and middle thirds. The flaps sloughed and the ends of both bones became exposed, being surrounded by red granulations. By a healing process the stump slowly changed for the better, the efforts of nature being supported by treatment as good as could be, and the patient being cheerful and expecting a good recovery. On November 12th, the ends of the bones exfoliated and were taken away, after which the stump improved and the patient's general health became quite good." He subsequently passed through hospitals at Frederick, was transferred to Knight Hospital, New Haven, and finally admitted to Central Park, New York City, October 30, 1863. Acting Assistant Surgeon S. Teats reported from the latter hospital that "the stump had healed up perfectly sound by June 1, 1863; also that the patient had been discharged from service November 17, 1863, and received an artificial leg. The man has been paid as a pensioner to September 4, 1880. In his application for commutation, dated 1875, he described the stump as being " very uneven and sensitive;" but five years later he reported its condition as "sound." -- 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.
East Windsor resident
8th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Co. A
Enlisted 9/25/1861
Wounded 9/17/1862 at the Battle of Antietam
Disability discharge 11/17/1863
"Case 755. — Private J. Wheeler, Co. A, 8th Connecticut, aged 23 years, was wounded at Antietam, September 17, 1862. Surgeon T. H. Squire, 89th New York, recorded bis admission to the Locust Spring field hospital, near Sharpsburg, and noted the following description of the case: "The wound was through the right ankle joint by a musket ball. The leg was amputated one week after the injury by Surgeon W. H. Leonard, 51st New York, at the junction of the upper and middle thirds. The flaps sloughed and the ends of both bones became exposed, being surrounded by red granulations. By a healing process the stump slowly changed for the better, the efforts of nature being supported by treatment as good as could be, and the patient being cheerful and expecting a good recovery. On November 12th, the ends of the bones exfoliated and were taken away, after which the stump improved and the patient's general health became quite good." He subsequently passed through hospitals at Frederick, was transferred to Knight Hospital, New Haven, and finally admitted to Central Park, New York City, October 30, 1863. Acting Assistant Surgeon S. Teats reported from the latter hospital that "the stump had healed up perfectly sound by June 1, 1863; also that the patient had been discharged from service November 17, 1863, and received an artificial leg. The man has been paid as a pensioner to September 4, 1880. In his application for commutation, dated 1875, he described the stump as being " very uneven and sensitive;" but five years later he reported its condition as "sound." -- 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.
Jared Wheeler
East Windsor resident
8th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Co. A
Enlisted 9/25/1861
Wounded 9/17/1862 at the Battle of Antietam
Disability discharge 11/17/1863
"Case 755. — Private J. Wheeler, Co. A, 8th Connecticut, aged 23 years, was wounded at Antietam, September 17, 1862. Surgeon T. H. Squire, 89th New York, recorded bis admission to the Locust Spring field hospital, near Sharpsburg, and noted the following description of the case: "The wound was through the right ankle joint by a musket ball. The leg was amputated one week after the injury by Surgeon W. H. Leonard, 51st New York, at the junction of the upper and middle thirds. The flaps sloughed and the ends of both bones became exposed, being surrounded by red granulations. By a healing process the stump slowly changed for the better, the efforts of nature being supported by treatment as good as could be, and the patient being cheerful and expecting a good recovery. On November 12th, the ends of the bones exfoliated and were taken away, after which the stump improved and the patient's general health became quite good." He subsequently passed through hospitals at Frederick, was transferred to Knight Hospital, New Haven, and finally admitted to Central Park, New York City, October 30, 1863. Acting Assistant Surgeon S. Teats reported from the latter hospital that "the stump had healed up perfectly sound by June 1, 1863; also that the patient had been discharged from service November 17, 1863, and received an artificial leg. The man has been paid as a pensioner to September 4, 1880. In his application for commutation, dated 1875, he described the stump as being " very uneven and sensitive;" but five years later he reported its condition as "sound." -- 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.
East Windsor resident
8th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Co. A
Enlisted 9/25/1861
Wounded 9/17/1862 at the Battle of Antietam
Disability discharge 11/17/1863
"Case 755. — Private J. Wheeler, Co. A, 8th Connecticut, aged 23 years, was wounded at Antietam, September 17, 1862. Surgeon T. H. Squire, 89th New York, recorded bis admission to the Locust Spring field hospital, near Sharpsburg, and noted the following description of the case: "The wound was through the right ankle joint by a musket ball. The leg was amputated one week after the injury by Surgeon W. H. Leonard, 51st New York, at the junction of the upper and middle thirds. The flaps sloughed and the ends of both bones became exposed, being surrounded by red granulations. By a healing process the stump slowly changed for the better, the efforts of nature being supported by treatment as good as could be, and the patient being cheerful and expecting a good recovery. On November 12th, the ends of the bones exfoliated and were taken away, after which the stump improved and the patient's general health became quite good." He subsequently passed through hospitals at Frederick, was transferred to Knight Hospital, New Haven, and finally admitted to Central Park, New York City, October 30, 1863. Acting Assistant Surgeon S. Teats reported from the latter hospital that "the stump had healed up perfectly sound by June 1, 1863; also that the patient had been discharged from service November 17, 1863, and received an artificial leg. The man has been paid as a pensioner to September 4, 1880. In his application for commutation, dated 1875, he described the stump as being " very uneven and sensitive;" but five years later he reported its condition as "sound." -- 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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