tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38696983.post7146915356970392998..comments2024-01-26T00:51:41.975-08:00Comments on AnceStories: The Stories of My Ancestors: A Civil War Soldier: Pvt. Willard CROTHERS (1832 - 1871)Miriam Robbinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12021845886261585678noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38696983.post-1709187908659454342008-04-27T09:32:00.000-07:002008-04-27T09:32:00.000-07:00As in any war, there will be too many deaths of fi...As in any war, there will be too many deaths of fine young men, either directly in battle, or through years of suffering from disease contracted in military life.<BR/><BR/>So many men died from preventable causes: lack of handwashing by doctors and surgeons, contamination of disease due to close quarters, drinking water from contaminated sources, etc. There were no anti-biotics in those days, and little knowledge of germs.Miriam Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12021845886261585678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38696983.post-61054260449948650112008-04-27T06:05:00.000-07:002008-04-27T06:05:00.000-07:00I have lived in Newstead, very pretty country. I h...I have lived in Newstead, very pretty country. I hope all of the young men in your series don't die as tragically as the first two!Charley "Apple" Grabowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07193646109965731249noreply@blogger.com