Friday, May 17, 2019

Jacob Smith's Wounds


By the 1902 court martial, Jacob Smith had received three wounds during his war service:

**  Scar from a saber cut on the head which he received  in July 1861 in Barboursville, Virginia.

**  April 7, 1862, wounded by Minie ball in hip.  It was still in his hip in 1902.

**  Still had a bullet in his body  from a wound at El Caney in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.

A Walking Bullet.  --Cooter

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