Col. Ulric Dahlgren's Prosthetic Leg-- Part 1: Saw Service In Both Union and Confederate Armies

Well, maybe we don't know for sure where Col. Dahlgren's real leg is, but his prosthetic one also has an interesting story.

From the May 7, 2014, Civil War Talk "This prosthetic leg  served in both the Confederate and Union armies."

When Confederate Captain John Newton Ballard of Mosby's  Rangers lost a leg in battle in 1863 he acquired a second-hand artificial one and got back into the war.  Unfortunately for him, this one was crushed  when his horse collided with  a Union cavalry man's steed and his prosthetic was crushed, making him probably the only Civil War soldier to lose the same leg twice.

However, he was about to have a stroke of luck.    In March 1864, Union  Colonel Ulric Dahlgren was killed near Richmond, Virginia, during a cavalry raid.  He too has lost a leg and was wearing an artificial limb.
Dahlgren's body was found by a 13-year-old Confederate who kept it as a souvenir.  It eventually got to Ballard, who wore it until the end of the war.

--Old Secesh