[cuban leaf]

I moved from Seattle to rural Kentucky in 2011. We live relatively close to a few battlegrounds. The Perryville re-enactment is wonderful.

But the one thing that keeps niggling at me regarding the war is that it must have been HELL for the troops for two rarely discussed reasons:
1. Ticks
2. Chiggers

My introduction to the latter after weedeating in shorts and no shirt or bug spray (common activity in Seattle) resulted in a trip to the doctor.

[hanamizu]

But the one thing that keeps niggling at me regarding the war is that it must have been HELL for the troops for two rarely discussed reasons:
1. Ticks
2. Chiggers

My introduction to the latter after weedeating in shorts and no shirt or bug spray (common activity in Seattle) resulted in a trip to the doctor.

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Moved from California to Missouri. Learned all about chiggers—they’re the Missouri state bird. When I go back, I can’t believe it when I see people willingly sitting on a lawn.

Another misery—Union troops fought in dark wool uniforms.

[DuncanWaring]

I had encountered chiggers in Texas when I was very young, and ran into them again a few years ago near Bowling Green.

Heading west on I-40 after that, I passed the Shiloh battlefield; got to wondering after that what the Yankees at the battle thought of chiggers.