THIS IS AN UNUSUAL AUTHENTIC CIVIL WAR PROSTHETIC SOLDIERS LEG IN GOOD ORIGINAL AS FOUND CONDITION. IT IS MADE OF WOOD WITH FORGED IRON JOINTS AND IS STILL IN WORKING CONDITION. MADE TO FIT A SOLDIERS OR OFFICERS AMPUTEE AND A CAVALRY BOOT FITS PERFECTLY OVER THE PROSTHETIC WHICH EMULATES THE LEG AND WOULD BE HARD TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE WHEN WEARING HIS UNIFORM. THIS WOULD GET HIM BACK ON THE BATTLEFIELD AND BACK TO THE CAUSE. WHEN CONFEDERATE CAPTAIN JOHN NEWTON BALLARD OF MOSBYS RANGERS LOST HIS LEG IN BATTLE IN 1863 LIKE MANY OF HIS FELLOW OFFICERS HE DIDN’T FRET INSTEAD ACQUIRED A SECOND HAND ONE AND BACK TO WAR. SHORTLY AFTER HIS NEW LEG HE COLLIDED WITH A UNION CAVALRY SOLDIER AND IT WAS CRUSHED, MAKING HIM THE ONLY CIVIL WAR SOLDIER TO LOSE THE SAME LEG TWICE.THESE GUYS WERE TOUGH AND CIVIL WAR PROSTHETICS ARE SCARCE AND NOT OFTEN FOUND.
