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Hd Quarters Post of Selma
Selma Ala Oct 24th 1866

Bvt Capt. Joseph Groves
1st Lt. 1st Regt. V.R.C.

Sir:
I have the honor to submit to you the following report of Post Mortem examination of David Corcoran a government employee at this Post who was shot on the 21st inst.

On examination I found that he [[strikethrough]] cause [[/strikethrough]] died from a gun shot wound by a pistol ball that entered through the cartilage of the sixth rib, passed through the heart and was found in the cavity of the chest
 
Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
W. E. Burleigh
A.A. Surg U.S.A.
In Charge Post of Selma

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