tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post7038027707980983054..comments2024-03-27T14:30:10.785-04:00Comments on JOHN BANKS' <br> CIVIL WAR BLOG: Faces of the Civil War: The dead of MiddletownJohn Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04384617564864766357noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-24300982027690330792012-02-09T21:24:36.496-05:002012-02-09T21:24:36.496-05:00John. These photos remind us that this was a citiz...John. These photos remind us that this was a citizen's war. For some, like Crosby, only a couple of months separated their two lives. It is easy to forget when recounting the battle in terms of the 8th or 16th Connecticut Infantry Regiments, or the 72nd Pennsylvania, or 10th Georgia that these infantry were not long before tailors, teachers, carpenters, joiners, fitters, tinsmiths, and hundreds of other pursuits. They were also husbands, fathers, sons, brothers, cousins, neighbors and friends. Let us not forget them.Jim Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05615039163638513296noreply@blogger.com