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Charles Frederick Webber
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“The hooks have got to come off and I can wait. They are nothing but sore fingers.”
Charles Frederick Webber (1825–1863) first seen 1863 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Charles Frederick Webber interviewed at a field hospital following the Battle of Gettysburg. He was holding his hand, from which the ends of four fingers had been shot off. He was smoking his pipe with with no sense of …
“We regret to learn from Gettysburg Hospital that Charles Webber, of the Fourteenth Regiment, who lost the fingers from his right hand, died from erysipelas in the wound on Sunday night. He was a good soldier, and admired by his comrades for his bravery.”
Charles Frederick Webber (1825–1863) said by 1863 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source