Also, TB was a big killer of veterans, during and after the war. My great great grandfather's pension file describes his illness, and I am pretty sure that he died of TB. He died in 1867, but had been ill since before he was let out of the service. Jettie Henley Parrish, Researching WEEKS, WIX, WIKES, BROWN and others in Overton and surrounding counties in TN. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Norris" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 9:10 PM Subject: Re: [TNOVERTO] James Copeland Carr > Billy, > > I am going to make some pure guesses based upon what killed many Civil War > vets a few years after the war. Take you pick. You might try to see about > a pension record on him. His wife may have filed. > > Here are my guesses. > > (1) a festering wound with part of the uniform or wood inside the body > > (2) chronic dyssentery with a mixture of typhoid and malaria > > (3) Klan violence > > (4) rheumatism caused by exposure during the war > > > Gary D. Norris > > > > Also, I am looking for anything about his grandfather William M. "Billy" > > CARR. William was the son of Thomas and Rebecca CARR and was married to > > Eliza Jane COPELAND Carr. William was born in 1828 and died in 1868. He > > was so young and I wondered if someone had knowledge of how he died. I have > > not found any Civil War record of his service but wonder if his early death > > was related to injuries or illness from possible service in the war. Eliza > > Jane and William are buried in the same cemetery as James. > > > > Thanks > > Billy D. Carr > > > > > > > ==== TNOVERTO Mailing List ==== > OVERTON LIST ADMINISTRATOR: > [email protected] > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

It was truly amazing how few men could take care of themselves when the war started. The army did not help when cooks were provided. There were no sanitary codes and the men simply either poisoned themselves with human wastes or strained themselves with poor quality cooking. Either way dysentery and piles were the most common ailment of the veterans after the war. Gary D. Norris > From: "Jettie Parrish" <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 06:04:35 -0600 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TNOVERTO] James Copeland Carr > Resent-From: [email protected] > Resent-Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 05:04:39 -0700 > > Also, TB was a big killer of veterans, during and after the war. My great > great grandfather's pension file describes his illness, and I am pretty sure > that he died of TB. He died in 1867, but had been ill since before he was > let out of the service. > > Jettie Henley Parrish, > Researching WEEKS, WIX, WIKES, BROWN and others in Overton and surrounding > counties in TN. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary Norris" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 9:10 PM > Subject: Re: [TNOVERTO] James Copeland Carr > > >> Billy, >> >> I am going to make some pure guesses based upon what killed many Civil War >> vets a few years after the war. Take you pick. You might try to see > about >> a pension record on him. His wife may have filed. >> >> Here are my guesses. >> >> (1) a festering wound with part of the uniform or wood inside the body >> >> (2) chronic dyssentery with a mixture of typhoid and malaria >> >> (3) Klan violence >> >> (4) rheumatism caused by exposure during the war >> >> >> Gary D. Norris >> >> >>> Also, I am looking for anything about his grandfather William M. "Billy" >>> CARR. William was the son of Thomas and Rebecca CARR and was married to >>> Eliza Jane COPELAND Carr. William was born in 1828 and died in 1868. > He >>> was so young and I wondered if someone had knowledge of how he died. I > have >>> not found any Civil War record of his service but wonder if his early > death >>> was related to injuries or illness from possible service in the war. > Eliza >>> Jane and William are buried in the same cemetery as James. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Billy D. Carr >>> >>> >> >> >> ==== TNOVERTO Mailing List ==== >> OVERTON LIST ADMINISTRATOR: >> [email protected] >> >> ============================== >> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> >> > > > > ==== TNOVERTO Mailing List ==== > OVERTON LIST ADMINISTRATOR: > [email protected] > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >