Harvey Scott Part 8 Death and Burial

• 30 January 1865 Harvey Scott Death 
• Phthisis
• Burial
• Cemetery
• Historical Insights -- Medicine during the Civil War

This is only three months before the end of the Civil War.

January 1865

Harvey Scott January 1865 Death Register

This is the handwritten register which includes Harvey Scott's death.  He was a Private of Company E, 10th NH Infantry, died 30 January 1865.  He died at G.H. Ft. Monroe, Virginia.  He died of Phthisis.  I've never heard of this, I'll get back to it.  Comments says E. McClellan AF?A.

Phthisis

from Medicine Civil War -- Nurses

Phthisis is a progressively wasting or consumptive condition; especially :  pulmonary tuberculosis, according to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary.  He died of tuberculosis. If you look at the register, you'll see several men died the same day.  

Civil War Diseases: Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis killed about 14,000 soldiers during the war. There was no known cure for it during the war. Even today there is no real cure, it can be treated but never cured. Once you get this disease you get it for life. -- Civil War Academy

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Harvey Scott 1865 Veterans' Gravesites
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This is an index from National Cemetery Administration's US Veterans' Gravesites list.  Harvey Scott was in the US Army, died and was buried the same day, 30 Jan 1865.  He is buried at Hampton National Cemetery, Cemetery Road at Marshall Avenue, Hampton VA.  Section E, Site 944.



This is the entrance to the Cemetery

Harvey Scott Cemetery Entrance
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This is a photo of the gravestone.  USA.  Harvey Scott.  N.H.  Pretty worn down.

Harvey Scott gravestone
Find A Grave Memorial# 118519019

Harvey Scott mini pedigree
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Historical Insights: Medicine during the American Civil War

Credit: Buyenlarge/Archive Photos/Getty ImagesHarvey Scott

HISTORICAL INSIGHTSMedicine during the American Civil War

Medicine during the American Civil War

Ambulance wagon trains lined up near battlefields in
preparation for the wounded soldiers who would
inevitably require their assistance. 1863, City Point, Virginia. Credit: Buyenlarge/Archive Photos/Getty Images

During the American Civil War, the sheer volume of wounded soldiers forced doctors and nurses to develop life-saving medical techniques.

The vast majority of deaths during the American Civil War were not on the battlefield; they were caused by disease. In 1861 germ theory did not exist, the root of infection remained a mystery, and medical training was crude. Little advancements had been made in the field since the American Revolution; some physicians still championed medieval methods of bloodletting, purging, and blistering to rebalance the body’s humors. However, development in weaponry, namely faster, more accurate rifles and shells killed hundreds of thousands and left many more badly wounded. Thus the war forced doctors and nurses to rethink medical treatments, as tens of thousands of soldiers flooded the ill-equipped field hospitals. The sheer volume of injured men prompted rapid amputations. By 1865, a surgeon could remove a limb in six minutes flat. Anesthetics were common—chloroform and ether were given to patients, along with morphine for the pain. Ambulance service also was born during the Civil War. The fallen were gathered from the field, their wounds wrapped up, and they were shuttled to battle-side hospitals. But for many, these advancements in techniques and sanitation came too little too late—upwards of 500,000 Americans died from disease and infection before the war’s end.

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Army doctors were unprepared for the scale and type of injuries that flooded the field hospitals. At the time of the Civil War, there was little understanding of sanitation—infections were common and often required the amputation of limbs. 1863, USA. Credit: Buyenlarge/Archive Photos/Getty Images

 

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Many hospitals were at capacity because of the immense number of wounded soldiers. Makeshift infirmaries were set up in tents in all major cities, including the nation’s capital at Washington, D.C. May 1864, Washington, D.C.. Credit: Buyenlarge/Archive Photos/Getty Images

 

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For amputees the recovery process was long and difficult. Many had to relearn to walk, while some remained wheelchair-bound. 1865, Washington, D.C.. Credit: MPI/Archive Photos/Getty Images

 

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In hospitals, disease spread quickly. With little knowledge of hygiene, doctors and nurses put their lives at risk to treat the flood of incoming wounded soldiers. About 1862, USA. Credit: MPI/Archive Photos/Getty Images

 

Harvey Scott Part 6 Enlistment in US Army 1862

• Harvey Scott Joins the Army
• Historical Insights -- Military Advancements in the Civil War

22 August 1862

Harvey Scott 1862 Enlistment
Civil War from Ancestry.com 2017

Harvey Scott enlists in the Civil War Army.  He is 36 years old, starts off as a Private for New Hampshire, and apparently he died in the war.  This record shows that he did not survive the war.  He was in Company E, New Hampshire 10th Infantry Regiment with about 2 weeks training.  The sentence "Mustered out on 30 Jan 1865" is when he died.

Harvey Scott Enlistment record
from Fold3

State of New Hampshire.

• his name is Harvey Scott, he was born in Londonderry Vermont (notice the correction of the place name), and he is 36 years old.
• He was a Farmer
• He enlisted in Merrimack, 22 August 1862 as a private in the Militia of New Hampshire for three years.
• He is 5'9 1/2" tall, with blue eyes, brown hair and light complexion.
• Is this his signature?  Let's look at this.  The handwriting, again, looks like Spencerian penmanship.  To be honest, it looks like the writing is uniform, and written by the same person, including Harvey's "signature" which wasn't too uncommon, I think.  It seems as if Abram A. Sleeper, the Recruiting Officer filled out the form, then had Samuel C. Bartlett sign as the Justice of the Peace.  So, unless I am mistaken, this would NOT be Harvey's signature.  

Do you know anything about this?  Did Harvey know how to write?

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Harvey Scott mini pedigree
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From Ancestry.com's Historical Insights: 

American Civil War -- Military Advancements

While a select few Confederates laid hands on the new weapons, most were issued traditional munitions.
Unlike the North, which had factories to produce the arms, the South remained agrarian during the Civil War.
1861, Charleston, South Carolina. 
Credit: Buyenlarge/Archive Photos/Getty Images

Advancements in military weapons made the American Civil War a conflict of unparalleled carnage.

During the American Civil War, new weaponry revolutionized battle. The repeating rifle with Minié balls that allowed soldiers to fire seven rounds in 30 seconds without reloading replaced the musket. The repeating rifle increased accuracy, extending the firing range from 80 yards to 1,000. Thus forces were spaced further apart on the battlefield and to protect themselves built extensive fortifications and trenches. Hand grenades and land mines also came into use during the war. However, the new explosives were finicky—sometimes Confederate soldiers used blankets to catch the incoming explosives and simply tossed them back to Union lines, where they exploded. From the skies, passenger balloons spied on enemy lines and from below, Confederate submarines attacked ironclad ships enforcing the Union blockade. Unfortunately, technological advancements outpaced medical innovation. The wounds caused by these new weapons were often deadly. In battle, modernized weapons proved harrowing. The sheer scale of fatalities and injuries was unmatched and, today, the Civil War remains the deadliest conflict in American history.

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One inventive weapon used by the Confederacy during the war was the Winans Steam Gun, which used steam instead of gunpowder to propel bullets. Only one was ever produced. Between 1861 and 1865, USA. Credit: Three Lions/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

 

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Railroad lines carried supplies and men across the North and South during the Civil War. Thus invading armies often targeted tracks to interrupt military transportation. Between 1861 and 1865, Georgia. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain

 

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During the war, Confederate forces targeted Northern factories. In June of 1864, the Southern Army successfully blew up this D.C. arsenal and factory, killing 21. Between 1861 and 1864, Washington, D.C.. Credit: Kean Collection/Archive Photos/Getty Images