Civil War Record Union Army: David Solomon Bailey, at age 26, residence Van Buren County, Iowa, native of Ohio, enlisted on February 18, 1864 in Company G. Third Iowa Calvary. He was wounded severely and lost a leg as a result of a shell that hit his foot on June 10, 1864, while in action at Guntown, MS. The battle was known as Brices Cross Roads. He mustered out September 8, 1865, in Atlanta, GA. then back to Davenport, Iowa. - - Obituary: Mr. Bailey married Sophia Boyd on March 1, 1859. They came to Nebraska in 1874. To this union eight children were born of which 5 survive the father. They are George, Sam, William & Mahala Fowler, all of Elkhorn, Ne. Jackson Bailey of Kendrick, Idaho.
"Private D. Bailey, G. 3d Iowa Cavalry, age 26 ; shell wound of right foot June 10, 1864; June 14th, removal of metatarsal bones; external plantar ligated by A. A. Surgeon J. N.Sharp; February, 1865, amputation of leg at lower third ; discharged September 11, 1865." -- The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. Part III, Volume II. (3rd Surgical volume) by U. S. Army Surgeon General's Office, 1883.
Civil War Record Union Army: David Solomon Bailey, at age 26, residence Van Buren County, Iowa, native of Ohio, enlisted on February 18, 1864 in Company G. Third Iowa Calvary. He was wounded severely and lost a leg as a result of a shell that hit his foot on June 10, 1864, while in action at Guntown, MS. The battle was known as Brices Cross Roads. He mustered out September 8, 1865, in Atlanta, GA. then back to Davenport, Iowa. - - Obituary: Mr. Bailey married Sophia Boyd on March 1, 1859. They came to Nebraska in 1874. To this union eight children were born of which 5 survive the father. They are George, Sam, William & Mahala Fowler, all of Elkhorn, Ne. Jackson Bailey of Kendrick, Idaho.
"Private D. Bailey, G. 3d Iowa Cavalry, age 26 ; shell wound of right foot June 10, 1864; June 14th, removal of metatarsal bones; external plantar ligated by A. A. Surgeon J. N.Sharp; February, 1865, amputation of leg at lower third ; discharged September 11, 1865." -- The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. Part III, Volume II. (3rd Surgical volume) by U. S. Army Surgeon General's Office, 1883.
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