Today in History – May 2

1863 – Stonewall Jackson is wounded by the mistaken fire of his own troops at Chancellorsville. Surgeons remove the injured limb at nearby Wilderness tavern.

Burial place of Stonewall Jackson's arm (Ellwood Manor) (Google Maps)
Burial place of Stonewall Jackson's arm (Ellwood Manor)

1999 – Late at night, the Reverend Norman J. “Skip” Sirnic, 46, and wife Karen, 47, are struck to death by a sledgehammer in the parsonage of the United Church of Christ

The Railroad Killer-Weimar victims (StreetView)
The Railroad Killer-Weimar victims

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