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2. Antonio López de Santa Anna - Wikipedia

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   Perhaps Santa Anna's most personal and ignominious incident in the war was the capture during the Battle of Cerro Gordo of his prosthetic cork leg, [65] which remains as a war trophy in the U.S. held by the Illinois State Military Museum but no longer on display. [66]

3. Battle of Cerro Gordo - Wikipedia

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   After United States forces captured the port of Veracruz on March 29, 1847, General Winfield Scott advanced towards Mexico City on April 2 by crossing the Rio Antigua. [2]: 261 General Antonio López de Santa Anna, commanding Mexican forces in the area, had prepared fortifications at Cerro Gordo, near Xalapa, with more than 8,700 soldiers in a fortified defile, dominated by El Telegrafo.

4. Parque Los Berros - Wikipedia

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   There were actually two artificial legs, a fancy one (presently on display at the Illinois State Military Museum in Springfield, IL) and a "humble peg leg". [ 3 ] "American soldiers under Scott and Worth played baseball (1847) with the wooden leg captured (by the Fourth Illinois Regiment) from General Santa Anna."

5. List of individual body parts - Wikipedia

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   During the Pastry War in 1838, López de Santa Anna was struck by cannon fire in his left leg. His shattered ankle required amputation of much of his leg, which he ordered buried with full military honors. [120] The leg was exhumed in 1842 and reburied in a state ceremony. Later in 1844, the leg was exhumed again and dragged in the streets.

6. Manga de Clavo - Wikipedia

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   Also, in the lands of Manga de Clavo is where General Santa Anna's left leg was first buried, lost after being severely wounded by the French during the Pastry War, at the Veracruz dock gateway on December 5, 1838. The limb remained at his hacienda before it was transferred to the cemetery of Santa Paula in Mexico City, on the anniversary of ...

7. Nigerian group provides hundreds of prosthetic limbs to ... - AOL

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   The accident that broke 10-year-old Princess Igbinosa's right leg could have crushed her dreams of becoming a model in a country where not many can afford prosthetics to cope with life and fight ...

8. NJ mall Santa celebrates successful surgery that saved his ...

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   Santa’s got a brand new leg. A professional NJ mall Santa almost lost his leg, but is healing in time for the holidays. ... More residents allowed to return home as strong Santa Ana gusts are ...

9. Ana De Armas Flashes Sculpted Legs in a Super-Short ... - AOL

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   Ana De Armas Flashes Miles Of Sculpted Legs In A Super-Short Minidress At The 'Ghosted' Premiere. She credits Pilates for keeping her fit while she's on the road.