Deaf+People+in+the+Civil+War

Deaf History and Culture Deaf People in the Civil War [|FAQ: Civil War] **- Barnard, John Gross** fought for the Union was hard of hearing, but was able to graduate from West Point

**- Berkeley, William Meade** fought for the Confederate was wounded in action

**- Blount, John** fought for the Union graduated from Kentucky SD and became a teacher at the same school

**- Chamberlain, William Martin** fought for the Union hid his deafness and fought for a while before his deafness was discovered and he was <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">discharged

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">**- Chamberlayne, Hartwell Macon** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">fought for the Confederate <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">at the Battle of Newmarket, he ran into

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">James Jennings (see below) who was a <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">prisoner of war

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">**- English, Henry Clay** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">fought for the Confederate <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">taught at schools for the deaf before <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">fighting in the war; when war ended <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">he went back to his teaching career

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">**- Fischer, G.E.** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">fought for the Union <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">served on the Union ships during the war

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">**- George, James Goodloe** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">fought for the Union <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">was a career teacher, like English (see above)

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">**- Jennings, James** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">fought for the Union <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">as a prisoner of war, made acquaintance with <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">a rival solder (Chamberlayne, see above). <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">They both knew each other from way back before <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">the war broke out

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">**- King, Robert Heber** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">fought for the Confederate <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">cultivated the contacts of higher ranked <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">officers, which helped him in his post war <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">careers in various positions

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">**- McFarland, James H.** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">fought for the Confederate <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">role in the war was to carry dispatches between <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">Confederate troops positioned away from each <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">other on the field

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">**- Oppenheimer, Benedict** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">fought for the Confederate <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">was a rarity; one of the few Confederate solders <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">of Jewish faith; was the one that fired the cannons, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">since noise did not bother him!

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">**- Simpson, William** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">fought for the Union <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">was able to hide his deafness throughout the war

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">**- Yeager, John H.** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">fought for the Union <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">graduated from the Kentucky School for the Deaf <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;"> []