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Amputation

A Civil War officer’s grisly amputation at Spotsylvania Court House on May 10, 1864

Posted on May 10, 2018April 30, 2019 by Jake Wynn

Captain Edwin L. Severn lost his right arm at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House on May 10, 1864.

Posted in 96th Pennsylvania, Civil WarTagged 1864, 96th Pennsylvania, Amputation, Civil War, Civil War Medicine, Coal Region, D.W. Bland, Mahanoy City, Medicine, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia3 Comments

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