When struck he fell and was fired on by
the retiring enemy. A ball entered between the 6th and 7th ribs
just beneath the apex of the heart, traversed the lungs and
issued at the right 9th rib. He fired his revolver on reception
of this shot, and was soon bayonetted by his own comrades by
mistake, this wound also penetrating the body. He showed a
depressed triangular cicatrix on the margin of the epigastrium.
If the scars are at all indicative, the bayonet must have passed
through the left lobe of the liver and border of the diaphragm.
Finally he was struck by a pistol-ball at the lower angle of the
left lower jaw, this bullet issuing on the other side of the
neck. As exemplary of the easy manner in which he bore his many
injuries during a somewhat protracted convalescence, it may be
added that he amused his comrades by blowing jets of water
through the apertures on both sides of his neck. Beside the
foregoing injuries he received many minor ones, which he did not
deem worthy of record or remembrance. The greatest disability he
suffered at the time of applying for a pension resulted from an
ankylosed knee. Not satisfied with his experience in our war, he
stated to the pension examiners that he was on his way to join
Garibaldi's army.
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