Muster question regarding disease vs. wounds

[joshuar9476]

Most of the soldiers that died on a specific muster list say "Died at Andersonville" or ""Died at Nashville." There is one that says, "Died at Nashville, TN ... wounds." Am I then led to believe that unless it says wounds, that the soldier died from disease? (I know killed means KIA). I'm trying to correct our county list for the library and would like to try and get as accurate as possible of the reason for dying.

Please let me know if this isn't the correct subforum. I wasn't real sure where to post it.

 

[Lnwlf]

You are in the right place. Hopefully someone will be along with more info.
I also bumped your introduction thread just in case.
Welcome to CWT.

 

[AndyHall]

It might be helpful if your could provide as much detail as possible for this specific case, including posting documents if you have them. Every little bit helps.

 

[joshuar9476]

Gotcha ... I was asking in general but the regiment in question is the 123rd Indiana. I'm currently on Company A.

 

[Dave Wilma]

I'm willing to bet that despite a military rule that might govern the language you will find much variation in practice.

 

[joshuar9476]

I'm willing to bet that despite a military rule that might govern the language you will find much variation in practice.

I was kind of afraid of that. Our current county list does have cause of death, though a number I suspect were wrong. However the list stops abruptly at the 90th IND and does not include anything after that. So now I'm left to decide on my own what to put for "Cause:" ... a whole lot of unknown I guess.

 

[AndyHall]

Thanks for posting that roster. It seems likely that those men died of illness (given that so many soldiers did), but I would not assume so without further corroboration. Local newspapers might have reported the death and more information.

 

[joshuar9476]

Thanks for posting that roster. It seems likely that those men died of illness (given that so many soldiers did), but I would not assume so without further corroboration. Local newspapers might have reported the death and more information.

Yeah, I have a friend at the local library that has pretty much told me that records from pre-1880 are scarce as they were destroyed years ago. I'll stick with unknown for now with a notation that disease was likely the culprit.

 

[Albert Sailhorst]

The war record that I have for Albert Sailhorst states "Died of Disease-Diarreah"....He was hospitalized in Chattanooga, where, he was treated for the dreaded illness, and, in reality, died from dehydration....

 

[Miles Krisman]

Yeah, I have a friend at the local library that has pretty much told me that records from pre-1880 are scarce as they were destroyed years ago. I'll stick with unknown for now with a notation that disease was likely the culprit.

The information on cause of death for each individual should be found in the Compiled Service Records for the regiment held by the National Archives in Washington, D.C. (on microfilm). Many large libraries in Indiana likely have copies of the regimental microfilms and they may be available through interlibrary loan.

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

I only clicked on this thread because I do know in PA, we have a card file which lists almost all the Civil War soldiers and their causes of death. It's on-line, thankfully. It's delineated- as in ' died of wounds', ' died of disease ', and where. It's not 100%, sometimes you'll see blank cards or ' cause unknown'. I don't know if these cards were taken from some master list solely for PA at some point or does something exist elsewhere, a MASTER, master list like this one, for all the states? The major drawback I'd see for you would be the men are not listed by regiment but alphabetically- pretty arduous, looking each one up.

 

[joshuar9476]

I did find a link last night with a list for cause of death .... link ... It'll help going forward and I need to cross check the ones I already did.