Ward – Forest Hill Cemetery – Section 32

Andrew J. Ward Mar 1, 1824 – Jul 10, 1893
  • A surgeon for the Iron Brigade during the Civil War.
  • At Gettysburg he amputated Lucius Fairchild's left arm. Lucius is buried only a few feet away.
  • At the Wilderness he saw 900 wounded in a couple of days.
  • Ward returned to Madison after the war with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
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