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Hello All,
Although I have been on this site many times this is my first time posting. I was wondering if someone can help me find a picture of my Great- Great- Grandfather, Joseph McCabe, 182nd (69th) co.F -N.Y.N.G.A. He was a part of Corcoran's Irish Legion. He enlisted on 10/1/1862 in NYC. I have been actively researching my ancestor for a very long time picking up where my Grandmother left off. I have been able to find some interesting information about him however there are two things that allude me.
One is the location of a document that has attached a picture of my ancestor. I found a photocopy of this paper with the rest of my Grandmother's files of Joseph. The location of this document and where I can find the original is something that I have not been able to find out despite all my research. It looks like it is a patient transfer form from the medical director's office of Harewood Hospital. It says that Joseph will be transferred from Harewood Hospital to McDougall hospital at Fort Schuyler in NYC. The document is signed by R. B. Bontecou and in the left hand corner, looks to be a very faint picture of Joseph. He looks to be sitting and showing his arm which was amputated.
I contacted the Burns foundation about this photo as Dr. Burns has all or most of Bontecou's war time surgical photos in his private collection. Liz Burns looked to tell me she could not immediately find Joseph's picture, however for a fee, she can do more digging in Bontecou's original albums of photos he kept of his patients. I know that my Grandmother must have found this somewhere that was easily accessible but I haven't been able to find it. I went to the National Archives in DC and asked the Civil War Archivist there and he said he never saw anything like this document before. So, here is where I turn it to you, Civil War experts. Below is a picture of the photocopy of the document I have. Thank you for your help in advance and please feel free to ask me any other questions!
Although I have been on this site many times this is my first time posting. I was wondering if someone can help me find a picture of my Great- Great- Grandfather, Joseph McCabe, 182nd (69th) co.F -N.Y.N.G.A. He was a part of Corcoran's Irish Legion. He enlisted on 10/1/1862 in NYC. I have been actively researching my ancestor for a very long time picking up where my Grandmother left off. I have been able to find some interesting information about him however there are two things that allude me.
One is the location of a document that has attached a picture of my ancestor. I found a photocopy of this paper with the rest of my Grandmother's files of Joseph. The location of this document and where I can find the original is something that I have not been able to find out despite all my research. It looks like it is a patient transfer form from the medical director's office of Harewood Hospital. It says that Joseph will be transferred from Harewood Hospital to McDougall hospital at Fort Schuyler in NYC. The document is signed by R. B. Bontecou and in the left hand corner, looks to be a very faint picture of Joseph. He looks to be sitting and showing his arm which was amputated.
I contacted the Burns foundation about this photo as Dr. Burns has all or most of Bontecou's war time surgical photos in his private collection. Liz Burns looked to tell me she could not immediately find Joseph's picture, however for a fee, she can do more digging in Bontecou's original albums of photos he kept of his patients. I know that my Grandmother must have found this somewhere that was easily accessible but I haven't been able to find it. I went to the National Archives in DC and asked the Civil War Archivist there and he said he never saw anything like this document before. So, here is where I turn it to you, Civil War experts. Below is a picture of the photocopy of the document I have. Thank you for your help in advance and please feel free to ask me any other questions!
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