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Old 01-14-2018, 15:39   #3
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Originally Posted by The Reaper View Post
Sickles continued his stupidity into the Union Army during the Civil War.

His actions at Gettysburg as Corps commander almost cost the Union the battle, and Sickles lost his leg there to a Confederate cannonball. He subsequently sent the amputated leg to the National Museum of Health and Medicine as a display.

He went on to an equally notable political career.

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Guess things have not changed all that much now have they?
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