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Tag Archives: Post-Traumatic Stress
An Andersonville Anniversary
It was 150 years ago this month—February 24, 1864, to be exact—that Andersonville Prison first took in captured Union soldiers. Over the next 14 months, 12,699 men died there, close to one-third of the prisoners to pass through its gates. … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, history
Tagged ancestors, Andersonville, Civil War, Post-Traumatic Stress, prison, prisoner of war, Union army
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Tarantella, an ancient Sicilian dance ritual
My Italian ancestors lived in the Dolomite Mountains, the Alps near the Austrian border. However, there’s a theory that the family name, Ciliotta, referred to a migration from Sicily (note the “cil” in both words), many centuries back. So when … Continue reading
Posted in mental health, spirituality
Tagged ancestors, dance ritual, healing, indigenous teachings, Post-Traumatic Stress, ritual, Sicily, tarantella
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“Can this be Hell?”
The diary of Connecticut POW Robert Kellogg indicates that it was raining the day my great-great-grandfather, William Davies, arrived at Andersonville Prison. Kellogg had already been there for a month, enduring the Georgia heat of mid- to late May of … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, prisoners of war, Uncategorized
Tagged ancestors, Andersonville, Civil War, diary, Post-Traumatic Stress, prison, prisoner of war
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Greetings from Andersonville Prison
No, I’m not in jail. I spent yesterday at the National Historic Site marking the prison where my great-great-grandfather spent three months as a POW during the Civil War. On June 10, 1864, William Davies was captured at the Battle of Brice’s … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, prisoners of war
Tagged ancestors, Andersonville, Civil War, diary, Post-Traumatic Stress, prison, prisoner of war, PTSD
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Alpine avalanche in World War I
My grandfather, Attilio Ciliotta, was born in the Italian Alps, near the Austrian border. At the start of World War I, his older brothers applied to join the elite Alpini Corps. Only Mario, the oldest, was accepted. Attilio, at nine … Continue reading
Ancestral flood relief
I’m not saying I totally believe in this stuff, but it does seem to work. I’ve been excessively anxious since the hurricane. I’m grateful the water didn’t enter my house, but cleaning up the flooded garage and crawlspace has been … Continue reading
Posted in genealogy, mental health, spirituality
Tagged African spirituality, ancestors, Dagara, flood, Glenn Leisching, Post-Traumatic Stress, ritual, shamanism, wedeme
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Post-Traumatic Stress, 1864 to the Present
“July 11, 1864 11 of our men was Hung on the same Scaffold & at the same time for robbing & murdering their fellow Prisoners.” –from the diary of William Morgan Davies I’m interested in whether and how my great … Continue reading
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Tagged Andersonville, Civil War, Dagara, Post-Traumatic Stress, prison, prisoner of war, PTSD
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