after gettysburg, maybe the battle of the wilderness?, joshua chamberlain was shot thru both hips. he was given a posthumous promotion....but, he survived the wounds! yes, he got to keep the promotion...he lived to be in his 90's. if you haven't read 'the killer angels' by schaara, as well as the other two books in that trilogy by his son, do so. esp. killer angels, an excellent book.
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Abraham Lincoln
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