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PVT Warren S Armstrong

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PVT Warren S Armstrong Veteran

Birth
Maine, USA
Death
20 Jun 1863 (aged 17–18)
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Burial
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA GPS-Latitude: 38.9440169, Longitude: -77.0076904
Plot
Site D 4855
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"Post-Mortem Records of the Continued Fevers. – Cases Reported as Typhoid Fever, the Clinical History Insufficient or Absent -- Case 199. — Private Wm. (sic.) S. Armstrong. Co. B, 7th Me.; age 21; was admitted June 14, 1863, with high fever and delirium, a furred and fissured tongue, sordes on the teeth, frequent retching and diarrhoea, the stools numbering about twenty daily. He. was much emaciated and so weak as to be unable to sit up. During the next few days his stools became less frequent, but on the 19th the passages were involuntary, the delirium continued, the pulse, which had fallen from 120 to 80, was very weak, the countenance pinched, the extremities cool, the perspiration cold. He died on the 20th. -- Ass't Surg. Harrison Allen, U. S. A., Lincoln Hospital, Washington, D. C." -- The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. Part III, Volume I. (3rd Medical volume) by U. S. Army Surgeon General's Office, 1888.

"Post-Mortem Records of the Continued Fevers. – Cases Reported as Typhoid Fever, the Clinical History Insufficient or Absent -- Case 199. — Private Wm. (sic.) S. Armstrong. Co. B, 7th Me.; age 21; was admitted June 14, 1863, with high fever and delirium, a furred and fissured tongue, sordes on the teeth, frequent retching and diarrhoea, the stools numbering about twenty daily. He. was much emaciated and so weak as to be unable to sit up. During the next few days his stools became less frequent, but on the 19th the passages were involuntary, the delirium continued, the pulse, which had fallen from 120 to 80, was very weak, the countenance pinched, the extremities cool, the perspiration cold. He died on the 20th. -- Ass't Surg. Harrison Allen, U. S. A., Lincoln Hospital, Washington, D. C." -- The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. Part III, Volume I. (3rd Medical volume) by U. S. Army Surgeon General's Office, 1888.


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  • Maintained by: Russ Zaccari
  • Originally Created by: GulfportBob
  • Added: Dec 16, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32235713/warren_s-armstrong: accessed ), memorial page for PVT Warren S Armstrong (1845–20 Jun 1863), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32235713, citing US Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA; Maintained by Russ Zaccari (contributor 48317719).