Santa Anna's Leg, Part Three

The story so far is:

Santa Anna lost his leg in battle. He buried it on his estate. Several years later, he dug it up and reburied it in Mexico City. A few years later, a mob dug it up and paraded it through the streets.

At that point, Santa Anna was never to see that leg again. His troubles were not over. He was about to have misfortune with his cork leg.

By 1846, Santa Anna was back in power. He was leading his troops against General Winfield Scott in what would be known as the Mexican War. He was to lose that fight.

Somehow, soldiers from the 4th Illinois Regiment Volunteers came across Santa Anna's cork leg. They didn't get Santa Anna. They only captured the leg.

The leg was taken back to Illinois. They displayed it. They paraded it around. They took pictures. Eventually, they put it in a museum.

The leg is still in Illinois. Today, it is on display at the Illinois State Military Museum in Springfield. Illinois has turned down all requests to send the leg back to Mexico.