{"id":8741,"date":"2016-02-18T14:02:44","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T20:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/?p=8741"},"modified":"2016-02-18T19:14:28","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T01:14:28","slug":"civil-war-ptsd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/2016\/02\/18\/civil-war-ptsd\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Civil War soldiers like those on Mercy Street suffer PTSD?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8748\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8748\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8748\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/MS-Emma-Tom-300x241.jpg\" alt=\"Emma Green (Hannah James) and Tom Fairfax (Cameron Monaghan). 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Credit: Courtesy of Antony Platt\/PBS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By Rob DeHart<br \/>\nTennessee State Museum<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/mercy-street\/home\/\">Mercy Street<\/a><\/strong> exposes the psychological impact of war through the moving story of Confederate soldier Tom Fairfax who arrived at the hospital traumatized by seeing a friend die in battle. Though Tom seems to improve, he eventually takes a drastic step when given the opportunity to escape the hospital and return to his unit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-8640\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Rob-DeHart-headshot-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"Rob DeHart headshot\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Rob-DeHart-headshot-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Rob-DeHart-headshot-144x144.jpeg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Today Tom would likely be diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. PTSD arose as a term to describe the psychological symptoms experienced by some Vietnam War soldiers returning from military combat. Symptoms included anxiety, insomnia and flashbacks to combat situations triggered by everyday activities. Conditions similar to these have gone by other names in previous wars: During World War II soldiers suffered from \u201ccombat fatigue\u201d; during World War I the diagnosis was \u201cshell shock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Did Civil War veterans also suffer from PTSD? It seems quite likely they did, but wartime records do not give us a lot to go on. Civil War doctors surmised that patients such as <strong>Mercy Street<\/strong>\u2019<strong>s<\/strong> Tom Fairfax simply suffered from \u201cnervousness.\u201d A worse outcome for patients was when doctors labeled them as \u201cmalingerers\u201d or \u201chospital rats\u201d who were avoiding military duty by faking illness. A systematic approach to understanding mental illness did not begin to develop until the late 19th century, thus details about soldiers\u2019 psychological status are sparse in Civil War medical records.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the surgeon for the Confederate 11th Tennessee Infantry Regiment attributed the July 1861 death of Pvt. S.W. Tucker to the \u201ceffects of measles.\u201d However, the surgeon went on to write: \u201cThis man died of fright from every circumstance connected with his case.\u201d The doctor recognized his patient was afflicted by something other than measles, but he had no way to diagnose or treat the man.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8742\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8742\" style=\"width: 237px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8742\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/TN-Insane-Asylum-237x300.jpg\" alt=\" A hallway in the Tennessee Insane Asylum in Nashville, 1885. Tennessee State Museum\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/TN-Insane-Asylum-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/TN-Insane-Asylum.jpg 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A hallway in the Tennessee Insane Asylum in Nashville, 1885. Tennessee State Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Only recently have historians began looking at records of Civil War veterans admitted to mental health hospitals (then known as \u201cinsane asylums\u201d) to see if they can determine what \u201cdied of fright\u201d really means. Patients who were known to be veterans had symptoms that were consistent with PTSD, but drawing broad conclusions about their diagnoses is challenging. Two-thirds of Civil War soldiers\u2019 deaths occurred from disease in camps and hospitals. How much non-combat related trauma contributed to the poor mental health of some Civil War veterans?<\/p>\n<p>One thing is certain \u2013 the Civil War was a life-altering event for many people on the battlefield and the home front. It is reasonable to assume that mental stress manifested itself in participants in many different ways both during and after the war. There is still much historical research to be done in this area, but perhaps the time is right for us to finally hear their stories.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mercy Street<\/strong> concludes 9 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, with a midweek encore Thursday, Feb. 25, at 9 p.m. <strong>Inside Mercy Street,<\/strong> a behind-the-scenes feature about the series, airs 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 12.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Rob DeHart is a curator at the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville where he specializes in technology and cultural history. 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