As ridiculous as this scene looks, it is based on true events.One of the last cannon shots fired that day struck Uxbridge's right leg. It had to be amputated above the knee.119 years after the battle the leg was still causing uproar.The owner of the house where the operation took place, M. Paris, asked if he might bury the leg in his garden. He turned it into a shrine and it became one of the places people visited when going to the battlefield.The tour started with the bloody chair where Uxbridg