MILITARY: Pension; Williams, Stephen; Tompkins co., NY
Civil War: Co. A. 32nd N.Y. Vol. Infantry

submitted by Kathleen Hannum (kah76 at lycos.com) 
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Pension File No. 321699; Deposition A
Extracts from this deposition:

Deposition A
Case of Stephen WILLIAMS
No. 321699
Date: 16 January 1894

Co. A. 32 N.Y. Vol. Inft.
Service Dates: May 31, 1861 - June 9, 1863

Two medical examinations at enlistment were performed by Dr. MORGAN, of
Ithaca, NY and "another Dr. who examined us on Staten Island, I have forgotten
his name."

Medical claims:

Chronic diarrhea
Deafness of left ear

"...chronic diarrhea contracted while down in the Peninsula in front of 
Richmond in Aug. 1862. I was sent to the Hospital at Fairfax Seminary Sept. 6, 
1862 just after the second Bull Run fight. The Hospital was too crowded and 
some of us who were not quite as sick as others were put into tents right near 
the Fairfax Seminary Hospital and it was called the Convalescent Camp. There 
were no beds furnished us and we had to sleep on the ground with just a 
blanket under us. It came on cold and rainy and I caught cold which settled 
back of my left ear forming an abcess which was lanced by Dr. Charles 
DUNLAP..."

"I do not remember the head nurse's name, Jas. RILEY, I think that was his 
name, was a Sergt. in Co. K. 32 N.Y. Infty, was sick and in the tent with me 
at the time."

"Chas. SLAUGHTER will know about my deafness while in the hospital at Fairfax 
Seminary or Convalescent Camp. Sergt. RILEY or RYAN of Co. K. 32 N.Y. if he 
can be found would know of it. Dr. DUNLAP was the surgeon who lanced the 
abcess which caused the loss of hearing in left ear would well remember it. I 
have tried to find him but cannot."

"From the Convalescent Camp I came right here to Ithaca on sick furlough and 
was treated by Dr. PECK of this city..."

Additional Comments:
1) Here is made mention, by my gGreat Uncle, Stephen Williams, Ithaca, NY, of 
medical personnel and facilities he had contact with during the Civil War. He 
had to make a deposition in 1894 to have his pension benefits reinstated. 
2) Typhoid Fever and dyssentery are mentioned in other parts of his disability 
claims.