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<blockquote data-quote="boondocks" data-source="post: 1280279" data-attributes="member: 20599"><p>Gotta disagree a wee bit. My Ohio grandfather (a few "greats" in there) was captured at Kenesaw and held at Andersonville for a year. He had gangrene and was left behind to die when, in the late summer/early fall 1864 (due to rampart dysentery and typhoid) the Confederates emptied the prison camp of anyone who could walk, and sent them to other (not much better) camps. He got lucky and survived, although possibly minus a leg. Got released when Union soldiers liberated the camp April 1865; went back to Ohio (flat good land) and farmed, dying in his 90's. </p><p></p><p>Incidentally, there was an overloaded ship, the steamboat <em>Sultana</em>, bringing Northern prisoners of war back home, which exploded and sank just outside Memphis in April 1865. It's a very interesting story in its own right; 1800 people (of 2400) died: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultana_%28steamboat%29" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultana_%28steamboat%29</a>. The dead were mostly soldiers who had survived the horrors of war and prison camp, only to be incinerated on their way back home. The regiment (I'm probably misusing the term) my grandfather was with was placed on the Sultana and one other boat, so we don't know if he finally got lucky and got a ride on the other boat, or if he was one of the few survivors of the <em>Sultana.</em> Probably the former; a weakened guy just out of the he77 of Andersonville, with possibly an arm or leg missing, would not seem to be a good swimmer in the cold waters, but on the other hand he did seem to be made of stern stuff...</p><p></p><p>My WV grandfather (also a few "greats" in there) lost about everything he owned when Uncle Sam's soldiers came through and commandeered his stock, crops, and farm. He fought for decades for compensation and finally got a buck or two just before he died. He was a soldier too, as I recall.</p><p></p><p>Interesting thread...Like others, I had the whole series on VHS. I went into mourning when Shelby Foote died.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="boondocks, post: 1280279, member: 20599"] Gotta disagree a wee bit. My Ohio grandfather (a few "greats" in there) was captured at Kenesaw and held at Andersonville for a year. He had gangrene and was left behind to die when, in the late summer/early fall 1864 (due to rampart dysentery and typhoid) the Confederates emptied the prison camp of anyone who could walk, and sent them to other (not much better) camps. He got lucky and survived, although possibly minus a leg. Got released when Union soldiers liberated the camp April 1865; went back to Ohio (flat good land) and farmed, dying in his 90's. Incidentally, there was an overloaded ship, the steamboat [i]Sultana[/i], bringing Northern prisoners of war back home, which exploded and sank just outside Memphis in April 1865. It's a very interesting story in its own right; 1800 people (of 2400) died: [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultana_%28steamboat%29]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultana_%28steamboat%29[/url]. The dead were mostly soldiers who had survived the horrors of war and prison camp, only to be incinerated on their way back home. The regiment (I'm probably misusing the term) my grandfather was with was placed on the Sultana and one other boat, so we don't know if he finally got lucky and got a ride on the other boat, or if he was one of the few survivors of the [i]Sultana.[/i] Probably the former; a weakened guy just out of the he77 of Andersonville, with possibly an arm or leg missing, would not seem to be a good swimmer in the cold waters, but on the other hand he did seem to be made of stern stuff... My WV grandfather (also a few "greats" in there) lost about everything he owned when Uncle Sam's soldiers came through and commandeered his stock, crops, and farm. He fought for decades for compensation and finally got a buck or two just before he died. He was a soldier too, as I recall. Interesting thread...Like others, I had the whole series on VHS. I went into mourning when Shelby Foote died. [/QUOTE]
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