The soldier’s injuries included a gunshot wound to the mouth and a bayonet wound to the leg. His application for benefits as an invalid was denied.
Invalid — 1,164,076 / —–
Declaration for Invalid Pension, Icham Mackey, 1 February 1895
58 years old; residence and post-office address, Binns Hall, Charles City County, Virginia
“honorably discharged at Lexington, NC … unable to earn a support by manual labor by reason of gsw – mouth; two wounds in left leg; bayonet wound in right leg”
“Also personally appeared John F. Nance, residing at Charles City County and G.W. Lampkin, residing at Charles City County … their acquaintance with him for Twenty years and Fifteen years, respectively”
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