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November 2, 1906
The Columbia Herald
Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee
What is this article about?
H. L. Mills, nephew of Gen. Robert E. Lee and Civil War veteran, coughed up buckshot from a wound sustained fighting against his uncle's Confederate army, just before dying in a Portland hospital on Oct. 31.
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GEN. LEE'S NEPHEW
On Deathbed Coughs Up Bullet Fired From Army Led by Southerner.
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 31.—In a violent fit of coughing shortly before his death at a local hospital, H. L. Mills, an Oregon pioneer of 1876, and nephew of Gen. Robert E. Lee, Commander of the Confederate Army, raised from his lungs a load of buckshot that he had carried in his body since the Civil War when, as a member of the Fifteenth New York Engineer Corps, he fought against an army commanded by his mother's brother.
On Deathbed Coughs Up Bullet Fired From Army Led by Southerner.
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 31.—In a violent fit of coughing shortly before his death at a local hospital, H. L. Mills, an Oregon pioneer of 1876, and nephew of Gen. Robert E. Lee, Commander of the Confederate Army, raised from his lungs a load of buckshot that he had carried in his body since the Civil War when, as a member of the Fifteenth New York Engineer Corps, he fought against an army commanded by his mother's brother.
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Historical Event
Medical Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
Fate Providence
What keywords are associated?
Civil War
Robert E Lee
Nephew
Buckshot
Coughing Up Bullet
Union Veteran
What entities or persons were involved?
H. L. Mills
Gen. Robert E. Lee
Where did it happen?
Portland, Ore., Local Hospital
Story Details
Key Persons
H. L. Mills
Gen. Robert E. Lee
Location
Portland, Ore., Local Hospital
Event Date
Oct. 31., Civil War
Story Details
H. L. Mills, nephew of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, carried buckshot in his body from the Civil War, where he fought for the Union against his uncle's army, and coughed it up in a violent fit just before dying in a Portland hospital.