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To: henkster
Based on the apparent age of the one-legged man on crutches at 2:20, it is probable he is a Civil War amputee.

It's possible, but he would have been in his sixties when the film was taken. The war had been over for forty six years in 1911.

41 posted on 04/09/2018 8:12:31 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Windflier

When he is closest to the camera you get a good look at his face and the age seems about right. There were still plenty of them around 2 years later at the 50th Anniversary of Gettysburg.

https://youtu.be/mVjD2DaB4bY


42 posted on 04/09/2018 8:49:21 PM PDT by henkster (Monsters from the Id.)
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