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Although the Civil War is the most written about and researched war in our history, and perhaps this is an "uncomfortable" topic, we cannot ignore the effects that the "intimate", hand-to-hand combat had on those poor soldiers. Seeing their boyhood friends "blown to bits", having to kill face-to-face--I can only imagine the horror. My only experience with this is a personal one...my father, I'm told( a lieutenant in Patton's 3rd) came back "a very different person." He never recovered from the shock, and ended up...well, a Colt .45 is involved. I apologize if this is troubling for some. There's a good reference to this --RH Bailey, C.Clark, and others...Prentice Hall Press, 1990...Brother against Brother. ......................................... I just realized, this thread is not a good one--I apologize--If I knew how, I would erase it..................Well, I've gotten the green light on this, so I'll leave it be for now.
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