THE CIVIL WAR'S FIRST BATTLEFIELD AMPUTATION HAPPENED IN THIS BATTLE #shorts

The Battle of Phillipi was the site of the first known Civil War amputations on the battlefield. One of the recipients went on to create his own custom prosthetic and created the Hanger Orthopedic Group, which still exists today.

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