John O. Whitney was in the Civil War, and died of diseases he got in the malarial backwaters near New Orleans, where he was a private in the 2nd Vermont Light Artillery Brigade. This is a cenotaph; John is buried in Chalmette National Cemetery, in Louisiana. He was eighteen years old when he went into the "Great Rebellion," and died within a half-year of enlisting.
His father Joshua, who memorialized his son (this is a cenotaph), entered the Civil War two years later, and was pronounced legally insane after returning to West Hill. Both Louisiana and Virginia took their toll on the tough "West-R-Boys," tough in battle but living in isolated hillside farming hamlets must have made their immune systems fragile to diseases.
His father Joshua, who memorialized his son (this is a cenotaph), entered the Civil War two years later, and was pronounced legally insane after returning to West Hill. Both Louisiana and Virginia took their toll on the tough "West-R-Boys," tough in battle but living in isolated hillside farming hamlets must have made their immune systems fragile to diseases.
John O. Whitney was in the Civil War, and died of diseases he got in the malarial backwaters near New Orleans, where he was a private in the 2nd Vermont Light Artillery Brigade. This is a cenotaph; John is buried in Chalmette National Cemetery, in Louisiana. He was eighteen years old when he went into the "Great Rebellion," and died within a half-year of enlisting.
His father Joshua, who memorialized his son (this is a cenotaph), entered the Civil War two years later, and was pronounced legally insane after returning to West Hill. Both Louisiana and Virginia took their toll on the tough "West-R-Boys," tough in battle but living in isolated hillside farming hamlets must have made their immune systems fragile to diseases.
His father Joshua, who memorialized his son (this is a cenotaph), entered the Civil War two years later, and was pronounced legally insane after returning to West Hill. Both Louisiana and Virginia took their toll on the tough "West-R-Boys," tough in battle but living in isolated hillside farming hamlets must have made their immune systems fragile to diseases.
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