Here is a dramatic diorama photo of the arm being shot up during the battle of Chancellorsville:
Here is a choice shot of one of the monuments (there are two, but the first one is just a big boulder) put up by reverent ex-Confederates near (but, as it turns out, not exactly on) the site where the shooting took place. (The bit about "mortally wounded" isn't exactly true...he died of pneumonia.)
Here is a photo of the roadside sign near the spot where the arm was amputated, in a field hospital a couple of miles from where Stonewall was shot:
Here are some photos of the bucolic spot where the arm forever rests in peace:
Okay, so it hasn't really rested in peace. They say (that's my favorite way to cite dubious historical information) that Union soldiers dug it up in 1864 when they were back near the Chancellorsville site again. They also say (even more dubiously, apparently) that Smedley Butler, a marine major general, had it dug up in 1921 when his troops were in the area, because they didn't believe it was really there (apparently it was). Some naysayers (poo on you, National Park Service guy) claim that there is little historical or archaeological evidence that the arm is still there, at least on the site where the stone is. I choose to believe.
All in all, a quality bit of quirky historical nonsense.
