Major General Henry Barnum, ca. 1880.
(NCP 3787; from Pension File 78753, National Archives)
Penetrating Gunshot Wound of the Abdomen. General Henry Barnum, 12th New York. He received this wound on July 1, 1862 at the battle of Malvern Hill. Photograph by William Bell in August, 1865.
(SP93)
Private Lewis Francis, Co. I, 14th New York Militia, was wounded July 21, 1861, at the first battle of Bull Run by a bayonet to the knee. He was stabbed at least 14 more times. He died May 31, 1874.
(Painting by Hermann Faber)(CWMI 012)
Gunshot fracture of right femur. Private John Frederick, Co. F, 127th New York.
(CP 1124)
United States Army Surgeon General William Hammond led the Army Medical Department during part of the war.
(Henry collection)
Private Patrick Hughes, Co. K, 4th New York Volunteers, was wounded at the battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862.
(Painting by Edward Stauch)(CWMI 107)
Private Eben E. Smith, Co. A, 11th Maine, was wounded at Deep Bottom, Virginia, August 16, 1864 by a musket ball through the right leg. He survived the amputation of his right leg at the hip.
(Painting by Peter Baumgras)(CWMI 006)
Private Milton E. Wallen, Co. C, 1st Kentucky Cavalry, was wounded by a Minie ball while in prison at Richmond, July 4, 1863.
("Hospital Gangrene of an Arm Stump" was painted by Edward Stauch.)(CWMI 098)
Hermann Faber, Army Medical Museum medical illustrator during the Civil War.
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'Blackman's Successful Amputation at the Hip Joint', illustration by Hermann Faber. This operation was rarely successful. The patient is Private Woodford Longmore, Confederate soldier. He was wounded June 11, 1864 at Cynthiana, KY.
(CWMI 013)
Sketch of Abraham Lincoln's death bed done by Hermann Faber, and approved for accuracy by Surgeon General J. K. Barnes.
Another sketch of Abraham Lincoln's death bed by Hermann Faber. Since the 1960s the original has resided at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
(Reeve 73578)
“President Abraham Lincoln autopsy report, by Dr. Robert King Stone,” and “Letter from Dr. J.J. Woodward to Army Surgeon General Joseph K. Barnes regarding the autopsy of President Abraham Lincoln, April 15, 1865”. (Transcript of Lincoln autopsy, acc 29719.)
“President Abraham Lincoln autopsy report, by Dr. Robert King Stone,” and “Letter from Dr. J.J. Woodward to Army Surgeon General Joseph K. Barnes regarding the autopsy of President Abraham Lincoln, April 15, 1865”. (Transcript of Lincoln autopsy, acc 29719.)
Caricature of Curator John H. Brinton being removed from duty at the Army Medical Museum. Illustration drawn by Hermann Faber at Brinton's request.
(Reeve 32788)
