Philo T. White

From Ionia County, age 22, he enlisted at Odessa, MI on 7 August 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company I, Seventh Infantry on 22 August.

He was wounded in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862

by an explosive ball which entered the arm above the elbow, and exploded in the belly of the pectoral [chest] muscle, making a cavity large enough to admit the fist.

He was treated in a field hospital near the battlefield until 27 September, when he was admitted to the Master Street Hospital in Philadelphia, PA. He showed signs of tetanus and was given opium "to the point of narcotization." He made a "complete recovery" and was discharged for disability on 17 December 1862.

He began receiving a pension for disability in March 1863 and in May 1863 a local surgeon in Ionia County found differently: that the bullet had entered his chest near his sternum, broke a rib, passed through his chest cavity, and exited under his armpit on his right side.

His service basics from the State of Michigan.1 Wound and hospital details from the MSHWR.3 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1850. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Elzetta H Haskins (1841-1927) in November 1863 and they had 2 children; the first, Alfred (1864-65), died at 14 months of age, their second, daughter Ann Elizabeth (1866-1937), was born after Philo's death.

1839; Lenox, MI

07/02/1866; Lake Odessa Village, MI; burial in Lakeside Cemetery, Lake Odessa, MI