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About Joel Stratton
- Joel Augustus Stratton (1837–1920) was a Union Army Captain who served as commander of Company C, 53rd Massachusetts Volunteers during the American Civil War.
- He fought in the Battles of Fort Bisland and Port Hudson.
- While leading a reconnaissance team of 10 men at Port Hudson, a minié ball from a Confederate sniper hit his left eye and exited out the back of his ear.
- Miraculously, he survived the battle and retired when the 53rd was mustered out of service on September 2, 1863.
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