Stonewall Jackson's arm

Confederate General Stonewall Jackson was wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville on May 2, 1863, and his left arm was amputated by Hunter McGuire.

Legend holds that American military officer Smedley Butler had the arm exhumed in 1921, although the factual accuracy of this story is dubious.

After the start of the American Civil War in 1861, Jackson became an officer in the Virginia militia and joined the Confederate States Army.

Serving as a high-ranking officer in the Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee, Jackson fought in a number of battles and became well-known.

While scouting in front of his own lines the night after the flank attack, Jackson was shot in a friendly fire incident.

[2] A few hours later, Hunter McGuire examined Jackson's wounds, and determined that his left arm needed amputation.

[11] In 1921, a force from the United States Marine Corps conducted a large mock battle at the Wilderness battlefield, led by American military officer Smedley Butler.

[8] While the story about Butler's 1921 visit is repeated on a historical marker near the site, and has been often published, the factual accuracy of the legend is disputed.

[9] A metal plaque reading "A Tribute to the Memory of Stonewall Jackson by the East Coast Expeditionary Force United States Marines.

[9] Mackowski and historian Kristopher D. White have compared the monument for Jackson's arm to the Boot Monument for Benedict Arnold's injury at the Battle of Saratoga, the display of Santa Anna's prosthetic leg at a museum in Illinois, and the museum display of Daniel Sickles's leg.

[14] The marker has become a tourist attraction,[9] and in 1998, the NPS and a private group added a parking lot and signage to make the arm's burial site more accessible.