CASE.—Private Peter C. Miller, Co. K, 7th,
Wisconsin Volunteers, aged 36 years, was wounded
at the Wilderness, Virginia, May 5th, 1864, by a
conoidal ball, which passed transversely beneath
the trapezius muscle and emerged at its anterior
margin, fracturing the spinous process of the
seventh cervical vertebra. He was taken to the
field hospital of the 4th division, Fifth Corps,
where pieces of bone were removed and simple
dressings applied. On May 11th, he was sent to
Douglas Hospital, Washington; on May 18th, to
Satterlee Hospital, Philadelphia, and, on July
9th, to Harvey Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin,
whence he was discharged from service on December 17th, 1864. The motion of the cervical region was
imperfect and painful.