Fascinating..Heres one for you Tom..Sam H.Bratton,Co.C,9th Battalion Tennessee Cavalry.Wounded at Bentonville,NC,1865..minie ball struck in eye,deflected,struck root of tongue,Sam swallowed it and it passed out thru the bowells;Sam saved the ball.

"Confederate Soldiers and Patriots of Maury Co,Tennessee" by Jill K Garrett.1970.

MWT