1800s 1860s PORTRAIT DAVID SICKLES MAJOR GENERAL UNION ARMY DURING AMERICAN CIVIL WAR WOUNDED AT BATTLE GETTYSBURG LOST A LEG Stock Photo - Alamy

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During the American Civil War, Union general Daniel Sickles had to have his leg amputated after it was struck by a cannonball at the battle of Gettysburg. However instead of discarding the limb he chose to keep it and eventually donated it to a museum

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Sickles at Gettysburg Part 5 With Licensed Battlefield Guide Jim Hessler

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National Museum of Health and Medicine (NMHM): To Bind Up the Nation's Wounds: Trauma and Surgery