TAYLOR ZACHARY Document Signed Z Taylor Col 1st Infy Comdg

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"REJECTED FOR LOSS OF PENIS" TAYLOR, ZACHARY. Document Signed, "Z. Taylor. Col. / 1st Inf'y Comd'g," reporting on the fitness of three recruits rejected due to disability by Assistant Surgeon R.C Wood at Fort Crawford, including one whose disability involved his penis. Countersigned by R.C. Wood and Captain Thomas Barker. 1 page, 4to; faint scattered staining, remnants of prior mounting along extreme right edge verso with bleedthrough recto, horizontal folds. "Fort Crawford" [Prairie du Chien, WI], 13 June 1833

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"Upon the examination of the Recruits at Fort Crawford June 13, 1833 three men rejected by Ass't Surgeon R.C. Wood, / A Board of Inspectors . . . make the following report. . . . John Forrester / rejected for loss of Penis which disability in the opinion of the board existed previous to his Enlistment."