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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Body of the sphenoid bone transfixed by the point of a sword which has fractured the posterior clinoid process, Private John Higgins
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Body of the sphenoid bone transfixed by the point of a sword which has fractured the posterior clinoid process, Private John Higgins

Manufacturer Surgeon General's Office
CultureAmerican
Date1865
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 6 5/8 × 8 1/8 in. (16.8 × 20.6 cm)
Overall, Paper: 7 5/8 × 9 1/8 in. (19.4 × 23.2 cm)
Overall, Support: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange
Object number98.32.188
Collections
Not on view
DescriptionThe David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. This is from _Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War_ (Hack Collection No. 2].

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Surgeon General's Office
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Surgeon General's Office
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Surgeon General's Office
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Surgeon General's Office
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Surgeon General's Office
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Penetrating Wound, Ascending Colon, Colonel Edward W. Hinks, 19th Massachusetts Volunteers, 2nd Division II Cobb
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