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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