Ashley Judd Uncovers Her Family’s Darkest Chapter | Who Do You Think You Are USA?

An ancestor who survived a battlefield amputation. Another who signed the Mayflower Compact. Ashley Judd’s family story is far stranger and braver than she imagined. Following clues from Kentucky to Virginia and across the Atlantic, Ashley uncovers the fate of Elijah Hensley of the 39th Kentucky Infantry, a Union soldier captured twice and wounded at the Battle of Saltville. A Civil War medical expert reconstructs the brutal, life-saving procedure that changed Elijah’s life at just 17. Then in Boston and York, England, a paper trail points to William Bre… Video by YouTube channel.