tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-285718222503172945.post1153030198088423548..comments2023-02-23T05:25:25.710-08:00Comments on Rainy Day Genealogy Readings: How Did That Civil War Soldier Really Die?Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03251821175075255774noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-285718222503172945.post-69015700877659550702008-05-16T02:37:00.000-07:002008-05-16T02:37:00.000-07:00Ditto for one of my own Civil War pensioners appli...Ditto for one of my own Civil War pensioners applications. It is interesting to read that this was so common - one of the struggles of soldiers that we don't often think about.<BR/><BR/>Lisa<BR/><A HREF="http://small-leavedshamrock.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Small-leaved Shamrock</A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.tierneyhistory.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">A light that shines again</A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.100inamerica.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">100 Years in America</A>Lisa / Smallest Leafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16811771280872197611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-285718222503172945.post-43985271103722017262008-05-10T09:29:00.000-07:002008-05-10T09:29:00.000-07:00I had an ancestor who complained of severe bowel i...I had an ancestor who complained of severe bowel issues in his pension application. I've learned from both Billy Yank and the other book, Johnny Reb, that such issues were the predominant health issue among the troops. Bad sanitation, poor diet, etc. all contributed. I highly recommend these books if you haven't read them... they'll shed a whole new light on what the war experience was really like for all those fighting men.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251821175075255774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-285718222503172945.post-57358346421385532702008-05-10T06:28:00.000-07:002008-05-10T06:28:00.000-07:00Interesting! I have an ancestor who complained of ...Interesting! I have an ancestor who complained of bowel problems in his pension application.Family Genealogisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01184841435310451599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-285718222503172945.post-56028124761250625882008-05-09T17:59:00.000-07:002008-05-09T17:59:00.000-07:00Gosh, I'm finding it to be true as I do research f...Gosh, I'm finding it to be true as I do research for my Civil War Soldiers and Sailors posts. So many of them died of chronic diarrhea many years after the war.Miriam Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12021845886261585678noreply@blogger.com