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To: Saije

He’s not the only American General buried in two places. Stonewall Jackson is buried at VMI. His arm is buried near where it was amputated, complete, I believe, with casket and headstone.


2 posted on 10/24/2009 9:11:23 AM PDT by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: PzLdr

Good pickup. There probably are others. It wasn’t uncommon to bury the dead on or near the battlefield. Important personages, like general officers, might have a portion of their body (like their heart) preserved for a trip to the family plot.

It also occurs to me that General Dan Sickle’s leg, amputated by a Confederate cannonshot at Gettysburg, is at the Smithsonian Institute. Does that count?


6 posted on 10/24/2009 9:20:50 AM PDT by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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To: PzLdr

Stonewall Jackson’s Left Arm at Chancellorsville

http://www.historynet.com/visiting-stonewall-jacksons-left-arm-at-chancellorsville.htm


8 posted on 10/24/2009 9:22:08 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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