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Photographer: Brian Scott
Caption: Brig. General Lewis Addison Armistead (1817-1863)
Additional Description: Armistead's wounds were not believed to be mortal; he had been shot in the fleshy part of the arm and below the knee, and according to the surgeon who tended him, none of the wounds caused bone, artery, or nerve damage. He was then taken to a Union field hospital at the George Spangler Farm where he died two days later.
Submitted: November 26, 2015, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p339716
File Size: 0.149 Megabytes

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