Weird monument in Wales has interesting history

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12-07-2011 @ 3:03PM

Cathy said...

In Virginia (USA) you can visit a monument to Stonewall Jackson's left arm. The Civil War general was shot during a particularly chaotic battle on rough terrain with little visibility, probably (accidentally) by his own Confederate troops. His left arm had to be amputated and is buried near the battle site, with a memorial erected there.

Jackson was sent to a farmhouse in the surrounding countryside to recuperate and was expected to make a full recovery. Unfortunately, infection set in and the beloved general died. His commander, General Robert E. Lee, was grief-stricken. "Jackson has lost his left arm," he said. "And I have lost my right." Jackson's body, minus the arm, was buried at the farm where he died. So Virginia has two Stonewall Jackson gravesites, one of them just for his arm.

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