Have you checked his military records at the National Archives? Did he file for
a pension? Many times a soldier's hospital record cards are located within his
military records, which will tell what his injuries were.
Karen Needles
Director
Lincolnarchives Digital Project
http://www.lincolnarchives.us
240-462-9802
On April 19, 2011 at 12:11 PM "Huffstutler, Eric S."
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> Hate to say it but one of my ancestors was a deserter in the Civil War.
> Joseph Gremore was wounded at the battle of Drewry's Bluff, VA in May
> 1864 and spent time at Fort Monroe hospital. Went out on a furlough but
> never came back so listed as deserted September 1864. Was He was born
> c.1832 in Canada and enlisted Union in New York.
>
> Does anyone have information or can point me to what injuries he
> sustained and what happened to him after desertion? We are running into
> dead ends.
>
> Thanks!
> Eric
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