Colorized photo of a survivor of the American Civil War. The image specifically shows emaciated Union soldier upon his release from the Confederate prison Camp Sumter, located in Andersonville, Georgia. Of the approximately 45,000 Union prisoners held at Camp Sumter during the war, nearly 13,000 died.
One of the enduring mysteries of the American Civil War was a little-known phenomenon referred to at the time as Angel’s Glow. The soldiers who lay in the mud for two rainy days during the Battle of Shiloh had wounds that began to glow in the dark. Doctors at the time noted that soldiers with this strange emission of light seemed to fare much better than soldiers whose wounds did not. It would take nearly 140 years to figure out why. In 2001, 17-year-old high school student Bill Martin and his friend, Jonathan Curtis, won an international science fair by discovering that the soldiers had been so cold that their bodies created the perfect conditions for growing a bioluminescent bacteria, Photorhabdus luminescens, which ultimately destroyed the bad bacteria that could have killed them.
When the Titanic sank, it carried millionaire John Jacob Astor IV. The money in his bank account was enough to build 30 Titanics. However, faced with mortal danger, he chose what he deemed morally right and gave up his spot in a lifeboat to save two frightened children. Millionaire Isidor Straus, co-owner of the largest American chain of department stores, "Macy's," who was also on the Titanic, said: "I will never enter a lifeboat before other men." His wife, Ida Straus, also refused to board the lifeboat, giving her spot to her newly appointed maid, Ellen Bird. She decided to spend her last moments of life with her husband. These wealthy individuals preferred to part with their wealth, and even their lives, rather than compromise their moral principles. Their choice in favor of moral values highlighted the brilliance of human civilization and human nature.
@Morbidful Man saves his friend from electrocution. He didn't take out his phone to make TikTok videos, he didn't call 911. Just quick thinking. Genius!
@Morbidful American Civil War, four-year war (1861–65) fought between the United States and 11 Southern states that seceded to form the Confederate States of America
The Andersonville National Historic Site, located near Andersonville, Georgia, preserves the former Andersonville Prison (also known as Camp Sumter), a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp during the final fourteen months of the American Civil War. Most of the site lies in southwestern Macon County, adjacent to the east side of the town of Andersonville. The site also contains the Andersonville National Cemetery and the National Prisoner of War Museum. The prison was created in February 1864 and served until April 1865.
@Morbidful War soldiers with shell shock Video credit: @VisionaryVoid
The lady circled in red was Lucy Higgs Nichols. She was born into slavery in Tennessee, but during the Civil War she managed to escape and found her way to 23rd Indiana Infantry Regiment which was encamped nearby. She stayed with the regiment and worked as a nurse throughout the war. After the war, she moved north with the regiment and settled in Indiana, where she found work with some of the veterans of the 23rd. She applied for a pension after Congress passed the Army Nurses Pension Act of 1892 which allowed Civil War nurses to draw pensions for their service. The War Department had no record of her, so her pension was denied. Fifty-five surviving veterans of the 23rd petitioned Congress for the pension they felt she had rightfully earned, and it was granted. The photograph shows Nichols and other veterans of the Indiana regiment at a reunion in 1898. She died in 1915 and is buried in a cemetery in New Albany, Indiana.
@Morbidful The dream of the child who cares about cleaning workers came true
@Morbidful Reminds me of that sloth guy in seven who ate his own tongue due to hunger.