Confederate General Stonewall Jackson’s amputated arm has a separate burial site from his body after being accidentally shot by his own troops during the Battle of Chancellorsville. His arm was saved and buried near the hospital, while his body was sent to his family. Jackson earned his nickname during the First Battle of Bull Run and was a professor before becoming a general. He suffered from hypochondriasis and believed his arms were of different lengths.
American Civil War Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson is actually buried in two places: His amputated left arm has a separate burial site from his body. Jackson was accidentally shot in his arm by the same troops during an 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia, causing his arm to have to be removed. Although it was standard practice to discard amputated limbs, Jackson had such a respected reputation by some that the military chaplain who treated him decided to save and bury his arm near the military hospital. Just eight days after being shot, Jackson died of pneumonia and his body was sent to his family in Lexington, Virginia.
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Jackson earned the nickname “Stonewall” after his determination during the First Battle of Bull Run in 1861 to keep Union troops from attacking which was likened to being as impenetrable as a stone wall.
Before gaining notoriety as a general during the Civil War, Jackson was a professor of gunnery tactics.
Jackson is thought to have suffered from hypochondriasis, or anxiety about perceived health conditions, and allegedly kept one of his arms raised because he believed they were of different lengths.
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