Records of the clan and name of Fergusson, Ferguson and Fergus. Supplement

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breaking a rib and coming out near the base of the spine.
While lying on the brow of a hill where the line of battle
had been formed, in support of a battery, and between the
fire of the Union and Confederate forces, a ball passed through
the arch of his foot breaking the small bones. As soon as
the battle was over, he was taken to a field hospital in a
farmhouse near the battle ground, where he remained for
about two weeks, and from which he was removed to a
private house in Perryville, where he remained for about
two months. Thomas, on receipt of the news of the sup-
posed fatal wound of his brother, left as a nurse with Surgeon-
General Wolcot's party as no civilians were allowed through
the lines. While at Perryville, he received his commission
as second lieutenant of Company C, 1st Wisconsin Volunteer
Infantry. It was only through having this commission that
he was allowed to be brought home, as only commissioned
officers were allowed this privilege at that time. It was
necessary to bring him part of the way in a freight car. He
was taken to his brother's house in Milwaukee, where, nine
months after the receipt of his wound, his leg was amputated
below the knee. He was at his brother's house for about a
year, and was then removed to Passavant Hospital, Avhere he
remained until the fall of 1865. During the nearly two
years of his confinement to his bed but little hope was
entertained of his recovery. He was appointed to a position
in the Land Department at Washington, which he resigned
to return to Milwaukee, where he received the appointment
of State Fish Inspector by Governor Fairchild. He was
appointed secretary of the Milwaukee branch of the National
Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in 1867, and was
appointed United States agent for the payment of pensions
at Milwaukee, by President Grant in 1869, which position he
held through various administrations for seventeen years,
resigning to accept the position of auditor of the Wisconsin
Central Railway. He is at present secretary and treasurer
of the Forest Home Cemetery and Senior Warden of St.
Paul's Episcopal Church. He has held the position of
Junior Vice-Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the
Republic and State Commander of the Grand Army of the
Republic, from which society he received a gold badge of