Credit: Courtesy of the State Museum of Pennsylvania.[PHMC]
In early May of 1863, a "spent" cannon ball hit Major General John White Geary in the chest at the battle of Chancellorsville. While not quite enough to kill him, it did knock him unconscious and leave him unable to speak above a whisper for many weeks. Less than a month later, Geary was leading his men at the Battle of Gettysburg. On July 1st his men fought on the Union left flank at Little Round Top. On July 2nd and 3rd they fought at Culp's Hill on the right side of the Union lines.
