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How many times was Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. wounded during the Civil War?
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During the American Civil War, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. was seriously wounded three times. These injuries occurred during the battles of Ball’s Bluff, Antietam, and Chancellorsville.1