"Why this caregiver was allowed to follow her husband" Topic

… to battle

"U.S. Army Major John Wesley Powell served at the Battle of Shiloh. When he fought at Pittsburgh Landing in April 1862, the new husband and 28-year-old man suffered a wound that haunted him the rest of his life. A Confederate bullet slammed into his right forearm, necessitating amputation. Though he described himself as a "maimed" man and suffered nerve pain the rest of his life, he served through the end of the war. And then he became one of America's most impactful explorers.

That post-injury service is almost certainly thanks to the careful ministrations of his wife, who accompanied him on campaigns and expeditions for the rest of his life…"

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Armand

I knew about Powell as a Civil War officer and more particularly as the leader of the expedition down the Grand Canyon. I did not know of the role his wife played in this.

In one of her Old West fantasy novels, probably The Gold Camp Vampire, Elizabeth Scarborough has a one-armed Civil War veteran, who is the love interest of the heroine. There must have been thousands of one-armed and one-legged veterans around in the years after the Civil War. Do any of you have any disabled veterans in your Western games (or pulp games for that matter--there must have a lot of disabled veterans after the First World War)?

I modeled a one-handed Dark Ages figure (Tyr) once. Admittedly, you wouldn't want a lot of injured figures running around the game board, but have any of you ever modeled such wounded warriors?

I do believe I should give such a Western figure some thought.

Grelber

Union generals Howard and Kearny were one-armed while the South had amputees Ewell and Hood. I suspect if Jackson had survived he would have been even more ferocious w/o his arm.

Thanks

Armand