On my way to see a friend today, I stopped in Green River, Wyoming, and visited their local museum. Out front is a statue of Major John Wesley Powell, Civil War hero and Green River explorer. The statue is missing an arm but it turns out that it isn't the result of some high school prank - Powell lost his arm in the war. I haven't come across any statues of amputees before and would like to see more if you know where I can find them.From the plaque below the statue:

From Green River, Wyoming on May 24, 1869 Major John Wesley Powell and a group of voyagers set out to discover the mysteries of one of the last undiscovered regions in the continental United States the Green and Colorado Rivers. Powell was a disabled veteran who lost his right arm in the Civil War. Later he turned to exploration, and in 1869 and 1871 led crews down the rivers and through the Grand Canyon.