My great grandfather survived 2 years in a Confederate POW camp. My grandfather and his twin brother were born in 1887, the youngest of 19 children.
My great grandfather survived 2 years in a Confederate POW camp.
One of my ancestors died in the infamous Andersonville prison.
Another, who was a baptist minister served as a Union Scout.
He served with the Union as a mounted scout.
He saw so much violence, he spent the rest of his life post war suffering from what we now call PTSD. 2 of his daughters died in their 20’s leaving a lot of orphans. One of those daughters was my dad’s mother, and she died when my Dad was 3 years old. 2 of her daughters died at an early age.
My wife and I have about 100 ancestors who served the union. Many were killed, wounded physically or mentally or both.