During the American Civil War, General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, also known as General Stonewall Jackson, was a general in the Confederate Army. He was one of the generals of General Robert Lee, the leader of the Confederate army, and fought very bravely. When the Northern army heard his reputation, they would often be defeated without a fight, and he was the unrivaled general of the Confederate army at that time. However, he was most famous not for his unrivaled fighting skills, but for the grave of his arm.
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General Stonewall Jackson was always in the forefront of several battles, and as a result, whenever he was present, the battles with the North were always won in a big way. However, in May of 1863, during the Battle of Chancellorsville, he was ambushed while leading a surprise attack. One of his fellow soldiers, while counterattacking, accidentally fired three shots into the left arm of General Stonewall Jackson. Although he ordered a full retreat, he was the only one to return alive at the end.
After the military doctors examined his injuries, it was found that amputation was needed or his life would be in danger. Thus, General Stonewall Jackson underwent amputation surgery in the barracks. Due to the lack of battlefield supplies, he was amputated with no anesthetic administered, and some soldiers died alive from the pain because of this, but he believed that a soldier is a soldier's soul, so he accepted the treatment indifferently. Although during the operation, he was awake all the time, after the operation, he fainted.
It was not until early the next morning that he finally woke up and asked the medic where his arm had gone. The medic replied that it had been thrown into the garbage area where the amputated arm was placed. He was so angry that he went to the garbage area himself, found his arm, picked it up, cleaned it, and reburied it in the barracks.
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General Robert E. Lee learned that he had been seriously wounded and personally wrote to him to return to the rear to recuperate, as the morale of the Confederate army would suffer greatly if he suffered any loss. However, being the God of War, he was of course unwilling to recuperate and still led his army and fought the Northern army to the death. In the end, under the strategy of General Robert E. Lee, and the leadership of General Stonewall Jackson, the battle was won in what is known as the perfect battle.
General Robert E. Lee sent him to rest at a farmhouse in the rear after the battle. A few days later, General Stonewall Jackson contracted pneumonia from a bacterial infection in his wound and died in the farmhouse on the night of May 10th. General Robert E. Lee wept on the spot and said he had lost his right arm.
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General Stonewall Jackson had two graves after his death, one for his arm and the other for his body. American researchers doubted the veracity of this story after the Civil War. After all, at that time, in the battlefield, amputation is a major event, and Stonewall Jackson in the physical exhaustion of the situation, can be the next day to get out of bed, and in a pile of severed limbs, to find his arm buried, it is very incredible.
So these scholars, in 1998, tried to dig up the grave of his arm to confirm whether the legend was true. Only after they dug up the burial site, they found nothing. Although they did not find the arm, they believe that there is a high degree of truth to the story, except that his arm may have been decomposed by bacteria in the soil, or that the burial site was incorrect. The current grave honoring his arm is still located in the Virginia State Cemetery.
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