AFIP_NMHM-379085
Record
- Holding institution
- NMHM
- Collection
- Armed Forces Institute of Pathology NMHM (USA)
- Sex
- Male
- Country of origin
- USA
Scientific notes
Right tibia and fibula of General D.S. Sickles (in photo) fractured by twelve pound solid shot on the evening of the second day of the battle of Gettysburg, July 2, 1863. Leg was amputated same day and the General quickly recovered. Specimen was donated by General Sickles.
Provenance
<a href="mailto:Franklin.Damann@us.army.mil">Franklin Damann</a>
1 lesions
blunt
- Bones
- Fibula, Tibia
- Side
- Right
- Timing
- Antemortem
- Force
- Direct
Gunshot wound — Slug Firearm
Right tibia and fibula fractured by twelve pound solid shot.
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Photo by Merissa Olmer
Citing this record
Cite the holding institution. FOROST is a finding aid, not the rights holder.
NMHM. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology NMHM (USA). catalogue no. AFIP_NMHM-379085