A 26 year old married farmer with a family George went off to war in the first draft after Gettysburg. He was a replacement in the 17th ME ID. In his first major engagement along the Orange Plank Road under Gen. Wadsworth- who was killed in that action; Pvt. Boynton was shot through the left bicep and the right shoulder excising the scapula and partially exposing it. He made it back to an aid station and ultimately found himself hospitalized in the Washington vacinity at Camp Campbell. After convalesence he returned to the 17th at Petersburg and participated in Grant's General Assault upon Lee's works. In the cross country chase that followed the 17th was engaged at Farmville VA. where Pvt Boynton was again wounded when a musket miniball passed through the center of his right hand rendering it into a permanent fist and otherwise unusable. For the rest of his life he was not only haunted by the pain of his wounds but by the bloodless psychological wounds suffered. Behold the wounded man with both arms disabled as he labors to tend his lands...