Civil War Union Army Officer. He was serving as a Private in the 5th United States Regular Cavalry when he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in Company I, 5th Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry on September 17, 1861. He was then promoted first to 1st Lieutenant in Company G on November 10, 1861, then Captain on Company E on November 21, 1862, then finally Major, Field and Staff, on April 25, 1865. He was honorably mustered out on June 7, 1865.
He rejoined the Regular Army with a commission of 2nd Lieutenant in Troop I, 4th United States Cavalry on February 23, 1866. Promoted 1st Lieutenant on July 28, 1866, he was killed in river boat collision near Jefferson, Texas in March 1868.
His death was reported on in 'A Report of surgical cases treated in the Army of the United States from 1865 to 1871"
CCCCXLII.—Memorandum of a Case of Luxation of the Atlas on the Axis. J K Walsh, Acting Assistant Surgeon.
Lieutenant Justinian Alman, Troop I, 4th Cavalry, was killed March 17, 1868, in a collision between the boat in which he was returning to town (Jefferson, Texas) and the steamboat J. M. Sharpe. He was struck by the paddles of the wheel and carried under. His body was once thrown to the surface by the eddies of the water, and then sank. Every effort was made to secure his remains, but without avail, until the sixth day after the disaster, when the body, in a very advanced stage of decomposition, rose to the surface. The remains were buried the following day, in the Hebrew Cemetery, in compliance with the wish of his family. An autopsy revealed a dislocation of the atlas upon the second cervical vertebra, with rupture of the transverse ligament, and the odontoid process impinging upon the spinal marrow.
He rejoined the Regular Army with a commission of 2nd Lieutenant in Troop I, 4th United States Cavalry on February 23, 1866. Promoted 1st Lieutenant on July 28, 1866, he was killed in river boat collision near Jefferson, Texas in March 1868.
His death was reported on in 'A Report of surgical cases treated in the Army of the United States from 1865 to 1871"
CCCCXLII.—Memorandum of a Case of Luxation of the Atlas on the Axis. J K Walsh, Acting Assistant Surgeon.
Lieutenant Justinian Alman, Troop I, 4th Cavalry, was killed March 17, 1868, in a collision between the boat in which he was returning to town (Jefferson, Texas) and the steamboat J. M. Sharpe. He was struck by the paddles of the wheel and carried under. His body was once thrown to the surface by the eddies of the water, and then sank. Every effort was made to secure his remains, but without avail, until the sixth day after the disaster, when the body, in a very advanced stage of decomposition, rose to the surface. The remains were buried the following day, in the Hebrew Cemetery, in compliance with the wish of his family. An autopsy revealed a dislocation of the atlas upon the second cervical vertebra, with rupture of the transverse ligament, and the odontoid process impinging upon the spinal marrow.
Civil War Union Army Officer. He was serving as a Private in the 5th United States Regular Cavalry when he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in Company I, 5th Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry on September 17, 1861. He was then promoted first to 1st Lieutenant in Company G on November 10, 1861, then Captain on Company E on November 21, 1862, then finally Major, Field and Staff, on April 25, 1865. He was honorably mustered out on June 7, 1865.
He rejoined the Regular Army with a commission of 2nd Lieutenant in Troop I, 4th United States Cavalry on February 23, 1866. Promoted 1st Lieutenant on July 28, 1866, he was killed in river boat collision near Jefferson, Texas in March 1868.
His death was reported on in 'A Report of surgical cases treated in the Army of the United States from 1865 to 1871"
CCCCXLII.—Memorandum of a Case of Luxation of the Atlas on the Axis. J K Walsh, Acting Assistant Surgeon.
Lieutenant Justinian Alman, Troop I, 4th Cavalry, was killed March 17, 1868, in a collision between the boat in which he was returning to town (Jefferson, Texas) and the steamboat J. M. Sharpe. He was struck by the paddles of the wheel and carried under. His body was once thrown to the surface by the eddies of the water, and then sank. Every effort was made to secure his remains, but without avail, until the sixth day after the disaster, when the body, in a very advanced stage of decomposition, rose to the surface. The remains were buried the following day, in the Hebrew Cemetery, in compliance with the wish of his family. An autopsy revealed a dislocation of the atlas upon the second cervical vertebra, with rupture of the transverse ligament, and the odontoid process impinging upon the spinal marrow.
He rejoined the Regular Army with a commission of 2nd Lieutenant in Troop I, 4th United States Cavalry on February 23, 1866. Promoted 1st Lieutenant on July 28, 1866, he was killed in river boat collision near Jefferson, Texas in March 1868.
His death was reported on in 'A Report of surgical cases treated in the Army of the United States from 1865 to 1871"
CCCCXLII.—Memorandum of a Case of Luxation of the Atlas on the Axis. J K Walsh, Acting Assistant Surgeon.
Lieutenant Justinian Alman, Troop I, 4th Cavalry, was killed March 17, 1868, in a collision between the boat in which he was returning to town (Jefferson, Texas) and the steamboat J. M. Sharpe. He was struck by the paddles of the wheel and carried under. His body was once thrown to the surface by the eddies of the water, and then sank. Every effort was made to secure his remains, but without avail, until the sixth day after the disaster, when the body, in a very advanced stage of decomposition, rose to the surface. The remains were buried the following day, in the Hebrew Cemetery, in compliance with the wish of his family. An autopsy revealed a dislocation of the atlas upon the second cervical vertebra, with rupture of the transverse ligament, and the odontoid process impinging upon the spinal marrow.
Inscription
1st. Lt. Co.I, 4 U.S Cavalry
Gravesite Details
Died at age 27
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