Sickness has thinned the ranks very much

[NH Civil War Gal]

Sickness Has Thinned the Regiment Very Much: Soldiers and Illness in Central Virginia - Part II

"United States Sanitary Commission: Our Heroines"(Harper's Weekly, April 9, 1864)If you wish to read Part I, you may do so here.IntroductionIn the often quoted The Road to Richmond: The Civil War Memoirs of Major Abner R. Small of the 16th Maine Volunteers, Small included a section at the end...

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That looks miserable living to me. Very interesting article!

 

[13 IL Cav & 64 GA Inf]

Sickness Has Thinned the Regiment Very Much: Soldiers and Illness in Central Virginia - Part II

"United States Sanitary Commission: Our Heroines"(Harper's Weekly, April 9, 1864)If you wish to read Part I, you may do so here.IntroductionIn the often quoted The Road to Richmond: The Civil War Memoirs of Major Abner R. Small of the 16th Maine Volunteers, Small included a section at the end...

www.cvbt.org

That looks miserable living to me. Very interesting article!

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I wonder if tents and shacks accidentally burning was common during the winters.