Battle of Hanover Court House Killed, Wounded, Captured
Battle of Hanover Court House: North Carolina Standard:
North Carolina Casualties
North Carolina Standard Raleigh July 2, 1862
North
Carolina Wounded and Captured Correspondent of the Petersburg Express Near Richmond, Virginia, June 22, 1862
Mr.
Editor:
Permit me to communicate through your columns the following list of wounded belonging to the “Branch
Brigade” who were in the engagement at Hanover Court House on May 27 and are still prisoners with the enemy.
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Burgess, Latham’s N.C. Battery, wounded in left temple and eye Martin Messer, Company B, 7th N.C.R., compound fracture
of left thigh Thomas T. Robeson, Company E, 12th N.C.R., wounded left side Lewis Hedgpeth, Company I, 12th N.C.R., flesh
wound right thigh
The following are from the 18th N.C., Colonel Cowan: Lt. George A Johnston, Co. A, perforating
wound of chest, considered mortal George D. Hackerman, Co. A, flesh would right leg Moses Williams, Co. C, flesh wound
right leg Wallace Long, Co. C, flesh wound right thigh William D. Rhodes, Co. C, wounded in abdomen, June 9 J.M.
Pherrell, Co. D, compound fracture of right leg, amputated below knee when last seen June 17, was in a dying condition Thomas
Cape(?), Co. D, perforating chest wound last seen June 17 in a dying condition Bunyan Stan - - - , Co. D, compound fracture
of right leg, amputated below knee Archibald B. Brooks, Co. E, penetrating wound of the chest George W. Malpass, Co.
B, right shoulder and breast, died June 15 Enos Tart, Co. E, flesh wound left thigh William H. McNeal, Co. F, flesh
wound foot Samuel Wright, Co. F, flesh wound in back Lewis Cassilun, Co. E, wounded in left knee joint, thigh amputated,
died June 14 Corp. Samuel King, Co. G, compound fracture right leg, amputated below knee, died June 11 John William
Tedder, Co. H, flesh would left thigh Albert R - - - li, Co. K, flesh wound left thigh Pte. --------- Brown, flesh wound
in back
The following belongs to the 33rd Regiment N.C.T., Colonel Robert Hoke: John Guy, Co. A, finger of right
hand shot off and afterwards amputated
The following belong to the 37th Regiment N.C.T.: L.A. Cox, Company A, compound fracture right thigh Benjamin
C. Coldron, Co. A, perforating wound of the brain through the right eye, died June 11 Sgt. William Hurley, Co. A, wounded
in the right knee joint George Craven, Co. A, right knee joint, thigh amputated, died June 12 Robert Gentry, Co. A,
perforating chest wound M.V. Mullins, Co. A, left thigh and testicle, died of tetanus June 9 Jas. Cardell, Co. F, flesh
wound right thigh Peyton Rhyne, Co. H, wound in left cheek, tongue and fracture of inferior maxilla E.P. Clemmer, Co.
B, perforating chest wound, died June 16 R.D. Rutledge, Co. B, flesh wound left leg John B. Nicholson, Co. I, wound
in left side M.D. Parsin, Co. K, flesh wound right thigh Corp. William Walker, perforating wound in abdomen, died June
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These wounded are partially in my charge within the enemy lines. They have been removed to Fortress Monroe.
It
may be encouraging to the relatives of the wounded and it is due the enemy to state that all the Confederate wounded
are kindly treated and well cared for all receiving like accommodations and attention. No preference is shown to
the Federal wounded. In this respect, at least, our foe conforms to the usages of civil warfare.
J.F. Shaffner Surgeon,
C.S.A. 33rd Regiment N.C.T.
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Recommended Reading: Battle of Hanover
Court House: Turning Point of the Peninsula Campaign, May 27, 1862 (Hardcover). Description: Researched from official reports as well as contemporary accounts, this is
the first detailed look at the battle most widely known as Hanover Court House
and Slash Church. The opening chapters
set the stage for this crucial battle and outline the events that led up to May 27, 1862, and the high tide of the Peninsula
Campaign. Continued below...
The book’s main focus is the series of battles that took place between the forces of Union V Corps
commander Fitz John Porter and Confederate general Lawrence O’Bryan Branch. Photographs of the battle's central participants
are included, along with appendices featuring the official reports of commanders and lists of casualties from both sides.
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