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Civil War veteran Jacob Miller was shot in the head and survived. He lived with the open bullet wound for decades.

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Defying medical logic, Civil War veteran Jacob C. Miller, was wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga on September 19, 1863. Fortunately for Miller, bullet manufacturing during the Civil War was an inexact science and the buck shot that hit Miller in the head was an example of a low lethality projectile. Still, the bullet lodged in his skull without killing him. He lived for years with an open bullet wound between his eyes. From time to time, a piece of the bullet would fall out of the wound. Still other times, the bullet would cause Miller to fall into a stupor for several hours or several days. Despite the wound, Miller lived well into his seventies.

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