On this date in history....

[Adam Helmer]

Billy D,

Yes things were bad in them "Good Old Days."

My readings of the Revolutionary War and the Civil War disclosed that some times quarter was not given and prisoners were abused or killed, out of hand.

The medical establishment was crude to say the least. The Civil War Minie balls required that the only treatment for an arm or leg wound was amputation. If you look at pictures of Civil War reunions in the 1870s, 1880s and 1890s, notice the large number of one-armed or one-legged participants.

Adam