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Shot in the forehead at Chickamauga in 1863 and left for dead, Union soldier Jacob Miller crawled past Confederate lines and walked 60 miles to a hospital. He survived another 54 years with a hole between his eyes — with bullet fragments lodged in his head until they fell out decades later.
u/HistUncovered — 7 days ago