Henry V Partridge Research Paper

What would you have done if fought in the Civil War? There was a man named Henry Villier Partridge who fought in the Civil War for the 39th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. He was lucky enough to survive the experience of the war, but not so many others were. Around 620,000 Americans died in it! That’s nearly half of all deaths from war in U.S. history, with the other half being every single other war (“Military”). But this is the story of Henry V. Partridge, and his life before, in, and after the war. Partridge was born in Norwich, Vermont in 1840. In his family, there was his father, Alden S. Partridge, his mother, Ann E. Swasey, and his brother, George M. Partridge. His brother died when he was just 17 years old. His father was a captain as well as a …show more content…
Pennsylvania need soldiers, so he joined a volunteer infantry. Since he was a captain, he probably received a little something more gear than regular soldiers (Vermont in the Civil War). He earned $115.50 every two weeks (Military Pay). Henry didn’t have much time in the war, only one battle. He was shot, and resigned after the first battle he was in (2 Vermont. Henry Partridge). Yet again, since he wasn’t in the Vermont in the Civil War, there wasn’t much about how long he stayed in camp. But for most soldiers, camp life was awful. In them, many people died of infections because of the poor medicine available to them. Once a person was dead, they burned the bodies which wasn’t good for anyone's lungs or bodies. If you looked into a burn pit, human bodies were piled up, one on another. Some of their wounds were so bad that they were no longer recognizable. Human waste was also sometimes thrown into the burn pits with the bodies. If there was running water, people went in the water. The one problem was that it was usually the drinking supply for the camp, so diseases like dysentery were common (Burn Pits). This was life for Henry during the