JPK Huson 1863
Brev. Brig. Gen'l
- Joined
- Feb 14, 2012
- Location
- Central Pennsylvania
As funny as these ungainly, awkward scenes were- and am guessing some were fall-down funny, the artist depicts no derision on the part of onlookers. " Stag Dances " gave them Emeline, for a moment, in size 12 boot, smelling like a bear just out of hibernation but Emeline.
Harper's
No heart strings yanked here. Well, perhaps one, long pull, painful stretch, War's bandaid pull, an agonizingly slow wrench.
You continually bump into these; the abnormal conditions imposed on men and women separated by this whole shambles resulted in papers peppered with well, abnormal stories. War is an abnormal condition all by itself. Disease in the human body is generally the result of a disruption somewhere- and the whole system being confused or outraged on what in blazes to do.
One features ' Northern ' snark, a little, please ignore. Two stories on coping, in my opinion, with this;
LoC
Inclusive of another element, frequent victims of war- prostitute, camp followers, these were very frequently displaced girls and women. Make no mistake, they did it to eat. Choice? Ok. They chose to eat. In doing so, each became someone's Emeline.
New? Hardly. Snark towards Southern chivalry aside, displaced women had been substituting themselves for arms at home since War was invented. You just know by men with no wives.