| Existing comment:
Infection of the bone following a gunshot wound was a near certainty. Private Sullivan Sager, Company K, 5th Vermont, was shot in the lower leg by a minie ball near Richmond, Virginia, on June 29th, 1862. He entered the hospital on August 13th with pus draining from the wound. His leg was amputated on October 6th, 1862, but he succumbed to a blood infection and died three days later. |