NY Civil War Veteran 4th US Artillery
CO K
Enlisted 27 May 1859 Kearney, NE 30yrs
Private Julius Fabry, K Company, 4th U.S. Artillery, age 38, was shot in the left knee at the battle of Deep Bottom, VA 16 Aug 1864. His leg was amputated just above the knee on the following day. The thigh bone became infected and Fabry's pain was treated with morphine for the next 6 years. In 1870, the infected bone was remove at the hip joint. In 1878, Fabry reported no trouble with the stump, but he was unwilling to use an artificial limb. Fabry died in 1894. See: Nat' Museum of Health & Medicine;
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, 1883.
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Julius Fabry
b abt 1829 Frankfort, Germany
d 10 Jan 1894 66yrs burial 11 Jan 1894
[Dist' of Columbia Deaths 1840-1964]
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NY Civil War Veteran 4th US Artillery
CO K
Enlisted 27 May 1859 Kearney, NE 30yrs
Private Julius Fabry, K Company, 4th U.S. Artillery, age 38, was shot in the left knee at the battle of Deep Bottom, VA 16 Aug 1864. His leg was amputated just above the knee on the following day. The thigh bone became infected and Fabry's pain was treated with morphine for the next 6 years. In 1870, the infected bone was remove at the hip joint. In 1878, Fabry reported no trouble with the stump, but he was unwilling to use an artificial limb. Fabry died in 1894. See: Nat' Museum of Health & Medicine;
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, 1883.
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Julius Fabry
b abt 1829 Frankfort, Germany
d 10 Jan 1894 66yrs burial 11 Jan 1894
[Dist' of Columbia Deaths 1840-1964]
Info provided by: BluMoKitty
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JULIUS FABRY
NEW YORK
PVT K ARTY.
JANUARY 16, 1894
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