Fifth Military District - 1866

1866

• January:
  • 3—Corpus Christi—Pvt Archy David Co C 28th USCT—buried in Corpus Christi {US Army Roll of Honor VI Template:Corpus Christi.p. 35
  • 28—Brownsville Pvt. Gustavas Chase Co I 9th USCT—wounded—died February 4, 1866 {VA records for year of death-Surgical report wrongly gives year as "1867"} (Surgical reports.pp. 22 & 38)
• March
  • ?-New Boston-Sgt Albert E. Titus killed by outlaw Cullen Baker
  • 8—Yorktown-Captain Henry J. Nolan Co K 18th New York Cavalry—wounded {also listed as "Nowlan"} {Annual Report of the Adjutant—general for the State of New York for the year 1895.p. 1267}
• April:
  • 23—Sgt John O'Brien Co H 18th New York Cavalry-"..killed by Jayhawkers, April 23, 1866, near Kelly's Station, Texas." and Sgt Josiah Ripley Co H 18th New York Cavalry-"..murdered by Jayhawkers, while enroute from San Antonio to Yorktown, Texas, veteran"
• June:
  • 27-Fort Concho-Pvt Theodore E. Turner-Troop D 4th US Cavalry bitten by a rattlesnake on left thumb; admitted to Post hospital at Austin Texas January 23, 1869-part of thumb amputated-returned to duty January 30, 1869
• July:
  • 10—Brazos Santiago Pvt S. Wilmares Co G 116th USCT—age 26 years-wound in trunk between ninth and tenth ribs; missile lodged in the intercostal muscles, but was extracted from the wound—Duty September 26, 186{6?} {Surgical report}
• General Philip Sheridan report of 1866 murders/assaults of US soldiers: See
  • August 29, 1866 Killings Of 2 soldiers of the 80th USCT at Jefferson, Texas {Sheridan report}
  • September 7, 1866 Shootings at 2 soldiers of the US 17th Infantry at Brenham Texas {Sheridan report}
  • December 11, 1866 San Antonio—Pvt William L. Jones, Co F 35th US Infantry—gunshot wound of the abdomen—returned to duty December 22, 1866 {Surgical Report .p. 47}
  • December 17, 1866 Brazos Santiago—Corporal W. Gibbons, Co A 117th USCT—wounded—duty January 27, 1867 {Surgical report}