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Federal (USV)

Private

Bernard McGowan

(c. 1833 - ?)

Home State: New York

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 63rd New York Infantry

Before Antietam

A 28 year old hempdresser, he enlisted in New York City and mustered as a Private in Company A, 63rd New York Infantry on 7 August 1861.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862, suffering

a penetrating wound of the lung. Missile unknown, but supposed to be a round ball, entered the left side of the chest, passing through second and third ribs, making no exit.

The rest of the War

He was admitted to US Army General Hospital #5 in Frederick, MD on 24 September and improved daily until discharged for disability from wounds on 2 December 1862, when

he had little or no cough; muscular development fair; very slight shortness of breath, and the chest but slightly depressed. His spirits were excellent, and, as he expressed it, he felt quite well.

References & notes

Wound and hospital information from McLernon1 quoting the MSHWR,2 as Bernard McGofern. Service basics from the Adjutant General,3 also as Bernard McGovern.

Birth

c. 1833

Notes

1 McLernon, Robert, Casualty List, 63rd New York Volunteer Infantry, Meagher's Irish Brigade, Antietam, Maryland; September 17, 1862, Springfield (Va): R. McLernon, 2001 [AotW citation 2233]

2 Barnes, Joseph K., and US Army, Office of the Surgeon General, The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, 6 books, Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1870-1883, Volume 2, Part 1, p. 620 [AotW citation 31543]

3 State of New York, Adjutant-General, Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York [year]: Registers of the [units], 43 Volumes, Albany: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1893-1905, For the Year 1901, Ser. No. 27, p. 122 [AotW citation 31544]

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