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Subject: [MO-CW] Dying from the measles during Civil War
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 00:05:16 EDT


In a message dated 10/20/03 7:33:37 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
writes:
> I was struck by the possibility of such a harmless sounding disease being
> the death of a grown man. Medicine has come a long way since 1862.
> Chris
I have documentation that my gggrandfather Wiliam C. Blankenship who served
in the 18th MO Infantry died from the measles in 1865. I thought "how could he
have died from such a wimpy kids disease like that"? I thought "a soldier
should die in combat, not from measles! Frank

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