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The News And Observer
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
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Mr. W. H. Bailey, wounded in the thigh by a minnie ball at Kinston on December 14, 1862, had the bullet emerge from his flesh 28 years, 5 months, and 17 days later on June 1, 1891, while working in the field, ending his chronic pain.
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Mr. W. H. Bailey, of Concord township, was wounded at Kinston on the 14th of December, 1862. The ball entered his left thigh high and passed through the flesh near it. The surgeons could not find it and it has given him much pain at its place ever since, causing suppuration at two spots in his thigh. On the first of June while he was working in the field he felt what he knew to be the ball catch in his underclothing, and he stopped work and picked it out. It was a minnie ball, mashed out of shape. It had worked down and around the bone and came out on the other side of the thigh from that it entered. Thus, after 28 years, 5 months and 17 days, Mr. Bailey was relieved of this almost constant reminder of Burnside, and as a consequence he feels a good deal better.
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Kinston; Concord Township
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December 14, 1862; June 1, 1891
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Mr. Bailey was wounded in the left thigh by a minnie ball at Kinston on December 14, 1862, which surgeons could not locate, causing ongoing pain and suppuration. On June 1, 1891, while working in the field, the deformed bullet worked its way around the bone and emerged on the opposite side, catching in his underclothing, relieving him of the pain after 28 years, 5 months, and 17 days.