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James Hanger

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Purchase URL: At the Battle of Philippi, two Confederates suffered leg wounds, necessitating the first amputations of the Civil War. One of the amputees was Virginia cavalryman James Hanger. He later founded Hanger Prosthetics, still a major manufacturer of artificial