tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post5016079456567719830..comments2024-03-27T14:30:10.785-04:00Comments on JOHN BANKS' <br> CIVIL WAR BLOG: A father's loss at Antietam: 'The cloud never fully passed away'John Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04384617564864766357noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-87552004886959157692024-01-06T16:18:08.356-05:002024-01-06T16:18:08.356-05:00Thank you for all your research and postings. And ...Thank you for all your research and postings. And mostly for bringing this beautiful young man back into the light again, if ever so briefly. <br />I am lucky that my 2great grandfather Hiram Grow survived Andersonville and lived to a reasonable old age. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-57809642181432532002016-09-02T23:22:07.201-04:002016-09-02T23:22:07.201-04:00So young. So sad...his poor father and mother. I o...So young. So sad...his poor father and mother. I often think of the families of all those Unknown Union and Confederate Soldiers buried in graves (with markers and without). These are the real tradegy of the war. The wives, sons, daughters, fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters who have no idea where their loved one's remains are located...or if they are alive and just so distraught from PTSD that they refuse to return to their family. At least this poor family found their child and brought him home and buried him properly. How many of thos lost Soldiers like the one found a few years ago on the Franklin Battlefield in Tennessee? I live near the Wilderness and walk through that battlefield nearly every week. What do I think about when I look in the thick woods and underbrush? How many are still out there? Great post Mr. Banks. Thank you for sharing.<br />Lieutenant Colonel Daniel C. Williamson U.S. ArmyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05494705331643883196noreply@blogger.com