However, within three more days, his condition deteriorated and he eventually lost consciousness and died, having survived with his wound for 16 days. An autopsy of the soldier found that the right hemisphere of the brain was extensively damaged and large areas of it had necrosed. The brain was removed, preserved in formaldehyde and donated to the Army Museum in Washington. The primary cause of death had been infection caused by both the initial injury and subsequent necrosis of brain tissue. See also Cap gun Caplock mechanism Gun barrel Gunpowder Internal ballistics Muzzleloader Nessler ball Projectile Rifling Tubes and primers for ammunition References Notes Bibliography External links Weaponry: The Rifle-Musket and the Minié Ball- Allan W. Howey, for the Civil War Times magazine Bullets American Civil War weapons