EarlyintheAmericanCivilWar,ConfederategeneralEwellhadoneofhislegsamputatedandreplacedbyawoodenone,ofwhichhebecameveryproud.In1863,atthebattleofGettysburg,hewasridingtogetherwithGeneralJohnGordonwhenabodyofUnionsoldiers,postedbehindsomefencesandbuildingsontheoutskirtsofthetown,suddenlyopenedabriskfire.AnumberofConfederateswerekilledandwounded,andGordonheardtheominousthudofaMinieballasitstruckEwellathisside.Gordonquicklyasked,"Areyouhurt,sir?""No,no,"Ewellreplied,"Iamnothurt.Butsupposetheballhadstruckyou;wewouldhavehadthetroubleofcarryingyouoffthefield,sir.YouseehowmuchbetterfixedforafightIamthanyouare.Itdoesn'thurtabittobeshotinawoodenleg."