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Genl. John L. Hodsdon | Genl. John L. Hodsdon | ||
Adjt. General of | Adjt. General of | ||
State of Maine | State of Maine | ||
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| + | I returned from Annapolis last evening where I had been to spend Sunday & the 4th with General Chamberlain, his wound is a very severe one and a very dangerous one, the surgeons are by no means certain of saving his life, the ball passed through the lower part of the abdomen and severed the unethra so near the bladder that by no artificial means can all the urine be conducted from the bladder without some of it escaping and passing out through the wound at the opening, which is on the right side of the right leg, two inches below the hip joint. It is feared that ulcers will form in the abdomen & terminate his life- | ||
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General Court Martial Rooms, 467 14th Street Washington D.C. July 5, 1864
Genl. John L. Hodsdon Adjt. General of State of Maine
Dear General
I returned from Annapolis last evening where I had been to spend Sunday & the 4th with General Chamberlain, his wound is a very severe one and a very dangerous one, the surgeons are by no means certain of saving his life, the ball passed through the lower part of the abdomen and severed the unethra so near the bladder that by no artificial means can all the urine be conducted from the bladder without some of it escaping and passing out through the wound at the opening, which is on the right side of the right leg, two inches below the hip joint. It is feared that ulcers will form in the abdomen & terminate his life-