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Howard Hospital & Orphan Asylum
Point of Rocks Va
Monday Sept. 4

Col Brown

As Lieut Caroll was returning from Bermuda Hundred last evening he was shot at by some person and wounded  The weapon used was small sized pistol. The ball struck him about two inches to the left of and on a level with the right nipple passing through the breast and making its exit about three inches to the right of the nipple.  It is only a flesh wound  He is comfortable and has all the care that he requires.  We have no idea who it was that made the attack it being so dark that he could not tell whether it was a white or a colored

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Just a note for the reviewer. I question if the "heart" is really what it says. Would that be just a flesh wound? ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-01-20 16:21:15 I think you are right, that it's not "heart" but "breast" ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-01-20 16:39:46