Corporal Calvin Bates of Co. E, 20th Maine
Corporal Calvin Bates of Co. E, 20th Maine Infantry Regiment, lies in a hospital bed after the amputation of his gangrenous feet. Many Andersonville prisoners suffered from a slow gangrene, described as a wasting away of the parts, which continued for weeks, even months, without being necessarily fatal. Mens feet and legs, and less frequently their hands and arms, decayed and sloughed off
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13124188
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45371672
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Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
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Courtesy Everett Collection
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