Struck by a fired ramrod

[Stiles/Akin]

https://emergingcivilwar.com/2017/1...ortal-wounding-at-spotsylvanias-bloody-angle/

 

[mofederal]

A really good story. Thanks for posting it. It is a tale I have never heard of before. Thanks for posting it.

 

[DixieRifles]

Ouch!

The next year, at the age of fifteen, William enlisted into the "Prince of Wales" 100th Regiment and was soon promoted color sergeant in the 22nd Royal Regiment. When the Civil War broke out William bought his discharge from the British army and traveled to his mother's home in Buffalo, New York.

Im nit sure about the 100th Regiment but its probably Canadian. But Im sure the 22 nd Royal Regiment are the Van Doos French-Candian regiment that served in Italy in WW2.

 

[WJC]

https://emergingcivilwar.com/2017/1...ortal-wounding-at-spotsylvanias-bloody-angle/

Thanks for the URL. Great story!

 

[lelliott19]

It's a great story..... but Uggghhhhh. That's terrible!

From Part II of the story:

Stevens examined the body and found that lingering effects of the Spotsylvania wound had killed Ellis, concluding, "A sharp splinter of bone from one of the ribs was found with its acute point piercing vital organs." Stevens further described his findings in his letter to his wife, "I made the examination and found that the ramrod had split a splinter of bone from one of the ribs, and that splinter, as sharp as a needle, had been piercing & irritating the internal organs ever since he was wounded. Abscesses had formed & broken in the spleen & the diaphragm had been haggled through, and finally the splinter had pierced the lung & had killed him instantly." The surgeon preserved parts of the rib and diaphragm for medical study and noted Ellis's physical toughness, "It is wonderful that during the month he had been on duty he had made no complaint of pain, although his countenance showed constant suffering." https://emergingcivilwar.com/2017/1...art-2-mysterious-death-and-elaborate-funeral/​