"The Civil War and P.T.S.D." Topic

"Edson Bemis was a hard man to kill. Rebel soldiers tried three times, and three times they failed. At the Battle of Antietam, a musket ball ripped through his left arm. Two years later, in the horrible fighting in the Wilderness, he was shot in the abdomen, just above the groin. The ball was never extracted, remaining in his body until the day he died.
The Confederates came the closest to killing Bemis in February 1865. At Hatcher's Run, Va., a Minié ball struck him in the head. He lay near death for several days, his skull cracked and leaking brain matter. Most passed him off for dead. Dr. Albert VanDevour, however, did not, and instead performed a risky surgery to remove the bullet from his skull. Bemis improved immediately, eventually recovering, much to the shock of everyone.
The war was finally over for Bemis. He moved to Suffield, Conn., with his wife, Jane, where they hoped to start a new life. He began working for W.W. Cooper's, a local merchant house, but very quickly it became clear to everyone that Bemis was not right. One of his colleagues at W.W. Cooper's, George N. Kendall, described his health as "never very good," and Bemis began to suffer from "spells of vertigo" or "something that afflicted his head" so much so that he frequently could not work…"
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Amicalement
Armand

Thansk for posting the link. : )

A thoughtful article, thanks Tango.

Poorly titles article. It describes TBI and probable resulting dementia not PTSD. PTSD then was known as soldier's heart as the complaints were somatic in nature. Folks didn't have the vocabulary to describe it in today's terms.

Still a good read with a good point, but the editor should have picked a more accurate title.

Glad you enjoyed it boys!.

Amicalement
Armand