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J. E. Hanger Lost His Leg But Not His Ingenuity

March 16, 2013 Mathew W. Lively 6

James Hanger wanted to be a cavalry soldier like his two older brothers. In the spring of 1861, the 18-year-old engineering student at Washington College in Lexington, Virginia left school and travelled to Philippi, (West) […]