Tag: American Civil War
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Living with Hernias: Exploring One of the Most Common Pension Claims of Civil War Sailors
Anyone who works with Civil War pensions—particularly those of naval veterans—will have encountered men who suffered from hernias. In their applications, they usually blame lifting heavy materials or being struck by an object (but for more on that, read on). Though easily treated today, hernias were extremely debilitating in the 19th century, causing both severe
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Bluejacket Community Discoveries: On the Trail of “Thirty Ordinary Seamen from the Yard,” Fort Pickens, Florida, 1861. Part 1
The Civil War Bluejackets Project has benefited greatly from the dedication and commitment of our two Zooniverse moderators, R. Roberts (@GROBSTER) and Robert Croke (@SandyCycler). Their efforts in guiding new users through the transcription process and their enthusiastic engagement with comments and queries on “Talk” are impressive enough, but both are also dedicated researchers of
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Bluejacket Community Discoveries: Recovering the Last, Lost Crew of USS Annie
For our latest Bluejacket Community Discoveries post, we take a look at the only muster sheet that relates to the unfortunate U.S. schooner Annie. The sheet has been worked and commented on by a number of our Civil War Bluejackets Community, including @mermex, @Beth52 and @KaiserSnowse. The reason it has drawn particular attention is its
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Bluejacket Community Discoveries: An International Navy
A number of our previous posts have examined the international aspects of the wartime U.S. Navy, demonstrating just how cosmopolitan ships’ crews could be (e.g. see here). Recently one of our Zooniverse Community members @KaiserSnowse has been keeping an eagle-eye out for interesting nativities among the muster rolls, identifying a range of examples that serve
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