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End of Story

End of Story

Date de sortie : 2026-03-02
© Marquis Alexa
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Date de sortie : 2026-03-02
© Marquis Alexa
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Civil War PTSD: The War That Followed Them Home

Civil War PTSD: The War That Followed Them Home

They survived the battlefield — but many never escaped it. Civil War soldiers returned home changed. Some couldn’t sleep. Some trembled uncontrollably. Others were institutionalized for symptoms doctors couldn’t explain. Their stories, preserved i
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They survived the battlefield — but many never escaped it.
Civil War soldiers returned home changed. Some couldn’t sleep. Some trembled uncontrollably. Others were institutionalized for symptoms doctors couldn’t explain. Their stories, preserved in letters and medical charts, reveal the hidden cost of war long before PTSD was recognized.
This episode tells the truth about what Civil War soldiers endured — and why their suffering didn’t end when the guns fell silent.
Content warning: Discussion of war violence, trauma, and psychological distress.
Sources
Book: Shook Over Hell by Eric T. Dean, Jr.Newspaper Article via Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/item/sn98060050/1866-08-31/ed-1/.Diane Sommerville’s chapter “A Burden Too Heavy to Bear: War Trauma, Suicide, and Confederate Soldiers” (pp. 23–48) in the edited volume Aberration of Mind: Suicide and Suffering in the Civil War-Era South (University of North Carolina Press, 2018)
Id. d’épisode : 1000752509287
GUID : 43819009-fcce-46c3-a593-07edb6c9d527
Date de publication : 2/3/2026 à 13:00:00

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End of Story is a narrative history podcast exploring forgotten moments, overlooked people, and the human cost behind world changing events.
Each episode tells a true historical story that rarely makes it into the textbooks- stories of ordinary people caught in extraordinary circumstances, moral choices made under pressure, and lives shaped by war, disease, survival, and sacrifice. These are the stories history remembers quietly- if at all.
End of Story focuses on the human experience of history: what it felt like to be there, what was lost, and why these stories matter today.

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