Cases of Gunshot fractured femurs at Battle of Antietam

Surgeon Truman Hoffman Squire, 89th New York Infantry, treated wounded soldiers on the field at Antietam on 17 September 1862 and was afterward in charge of the field hospital known as Locust Spring on the Geeting Farm, Keedysville, MD.

Dr Squire’s list of Cases of Gunshot fractured femurs at Battle of Antietam is online in an exhibit about him from curator Erin Doane at the Chemung County (NY) Historical Society.

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Addendum – April 2024

My transcription of the list above; click his name to see more about that soldier.

Name	Rank	Regiment	Co.	date of wd	Treatment	Result	Remarks
*W—– William	Priv	35th NY		“	“	” 13 Oct	both thighs
Grodwant Phillip	Private	89th NY	G	17th	Simple	death	Died 3 days after battle
Johnston John	Pri	9th NY	H	“	Amputation	“	pyemia 16 days
Needick Adam	Sergt	” [89th]	B	“	“	“	” 8 ”  ”  “
Courtney [Charles]	Pri	” [89th]	F	“	Amputation	“	of tetanus 6 days after
Van Ingen [Gerrit]	Adjt.	” [89th]		“	“	“	diarrhea 5 ”  “
Hutchinson Robt	Priv	7th S.C.	B	“	“	Recovered	Second amputation
*Weeks Benj	“	89th	A	“	“	“	abcess in stump
Penfield Ch	“	16 Ct	G	“	Simple	died	Nov. 26th
Adams Henry M	“	“	“	“	“	Recovered	very little deformity
Ard G. W.	“	2 Geo.	K	“	Amputation	“	c–cation of elbow
Williams P. K.	Corp	“	E	“	Simple	“	slight deformity
Gartot J. F.	Pri	8. La.	A	“	“	died	Nov 26. bone un==
Hyde Theodore	Corp	9th NY	D	“	“	Recovered	3 inches th–ring
Forbes O. P.	Sergt	“	A	“	“	” [died later]	grape shot. Upper h–. deformity
Eddy Sergt. [George] S	Corp	23 Ohio	I	“	“	“	e–n [?] toe
Davis Edmund	“	35 Mass	“	“	“	“	” ”  full cut out
Harvey Samuel	“	4th R.I.	B	“	“	” [died later]	Protracted
Fairbrother [Allen]	Priv	118 Pa	—	20th	Ext–	died	about Nov 1st
Wilson Orvil	“	16th Ct	F	17	Simple	“	3 Nov. Dishthe–
Sweetman Henry	“	9th NY	A	“	“	“	Oct 27th —
Lay Harris	“	16th Ct	G	“	“	“	about 1st Nov

*could find no soldier matching these 2 names