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 > >

Add 4. Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome 5. Depression to your list. They saw terrible sites during and after battle. Their homes had been ravaged. General Blackburn did not spare anyone in Overton County or the surrounding area. He took every horse, food item, blanket, etc. for his men. He even took every male over 10 years, he could find at any home to increase the unit. Henry Verble had a conch shell that had come with his family from Holland. He used it as a horn to call his cattle, family, and to sound alarm, etc. During the Civil War his daughter Clemetine Verbel Walker had the conk shell. The shell had the pointed tip cut off so air could be blown through it. It had a large pale pink ruffled rim on the top of the shell which allowed the sound to be carried long distance. Clementine's family tried to remain neutral during the war. General Blackburn would raid the farms. When she would hear them coming she would blow the horn into the hollow where the men were working and then hid the horn. After several unsuccessful attempts to find the horn. He was able to sneak up and the horn was found. He ordered his men to take an ax and break the horn up. After they began hacking away, he rode off. The horn was very hard and after breaking only the beautiful pink ruffled rim on top, the men stopped and followed their General. The horn still worked but its beauty had been marred. When I saw the horn is was a pale gray shell, and still made the sound of a horn. Maybe not as pretty but just as useful. Leota ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Norris" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 10:10 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