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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Head, neck and trochanters of the right femur shattered by concidal musketball and successfully exused, Private Hugh Wright, Co. G. 8th New Jersey Volunteers
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Head, neck and trochanters of the right femur shattered by concidal musketball and successfully exused, Private Hugh Wright, Co. G. 8th New Jersey Volunteers

Manufacturer Surgeon General's Office
CultureAmerican
Date1865?
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 7 1/2 × 6 in. (19.1 × 15.2 cm)
Overall, Paper: 8 1/2 × 7 1/8 in. (21.6 × 18.1 cm)
Overall, Mat: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange
Object number98.32.192
Collections
Not on view
DescriptionThe David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. Image of a bone with threads stitched along break points. This is from _Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War_ (Hack Collection No. 2].

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Surgeon General's Office
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Surgeon General's Office
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Surgeon General's Office
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Surgeon General's Office
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Surgeon General's Office
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Surgeon General's Office
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Surgeon General's Office
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1865?
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Surgeon General's Office
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