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Corporal GW Stone, Company A, 12th Massachusetts, was wounded at Fredericksburg, Virginia, on December 13th, 1862, when a conoidal ball penetrated his right eye and lodged behind list left eye. His only exterior symptoms were a small wound to the lid of his right eye and the slight protuberance of his left eye. His left eye continued to function normally and Corporal Stone complained only of a slight headache. The wound to his right eye healed well and within three weeks, he was allowed to walk about the city with a hospital pass. Suddenly, on February 6th, 1863, he developed chills. Fever and delirium followed. He died at midnight on February 15th, 1863. |