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Battle of Appomattox

Battle of Appomattox

(Image credit: Otis Historical Archives Nat'l Museum of Health & Medicine)

Hiram Williams had his leg and foot amputated due to a shell wound in the Battle of Appomattox in 1865.

Shell Wound

Civil War injuries, gangrene

(Image credit: Otis Historical Archives Nat'l Museum of Health & Medicine)

A shell wound of the left wrist, with signs of gangrene. Photo was taken on Aug. 10, 1864.

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