CASE.—Private R. R. Kates, Co. H, 12th New
Jersey Volunteers, aged 22 years, was wounded at
Chancellorsville, May 3d, 1863, by a musket ball,
which entered the mesial line of the upper lip,
carried away almost the entire superior maxilla of
that side, and emerged about two inches behind the
left ear. He was taken to the hospital of the 3d
division, Second Corps, and, on May 8th,
transferred to the Douglas Hospital, Washington,
where fragments of bone were extracted. There
were some pieces of bone deeply imbedded in the
neck, and small fragments were daily discharged
from the mouth. On June 8th, a tooth was extracted
from the neck behind. He was furloughed on June
26th, at which time the posterior wound had healed; the upper portions of the bone were still
inflamed; he could swallow easily, but spoke
indistinctly. He was returned to duty on September
29th, 1863. His name does not appear upon the
Pension Roll.