Album: Faces and Injuries of the Civil War
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Battle of Appomattox
Hiram Williams had his leg and foot amputated due to a shell wound in the Battle of Appomattox in 1865.
Shell Wound
A shell wound of the left wrist, with signs of gangrene. Photo was taken on Aug. 10, 1864.
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