A native of Virginia Pvt Houshour had moved to Indiana with his wife and 3 children shortly before the war. Nearly 40 yrs old he volunteered for service August 22, 1862. He was mustered into Co F of the 93rd Indiana Infantry a month later and he donned his fresh blue uniform and Hardee hat and sat proudly for a photograph.
While his comrades were preparing for battle Pvt Houshour was sent to Camp Thomas, Tn suffering from chronic diarrhea. He was then quickly transferred to Fort Pickering for medical treatment. Despit the best efforts of army doctors , Houshour's condition worsened throughout the winter.By mid-February 1863 this once vigourous Virginian had wasted away from dehydration. Doctors finally decided to move the suffering soldier to Jackson Hospital in Memphis. On February 17, as the army ambulance in which he lay bounced along a Tennessee road, Houshour died.
In six months as a Union soldier, Houshour never saw a Civil War battlefield. Illness would prove to be his regiment's worst enemy. In two and a half years of service, the 93d Indiana lost one officer and 37 enlisted men to combat wounds, and three officers and 250 soldiers to sickness and disease.
While his comrades were preparing for battle Pvt Houshour was sent to Camp Thomas, Tn suffering from chronic diarrhea. He was then quickly transferred to Fort Pickering for medical treatment. Despit the best efforts of army doctors , Houshour's condition worsened throughout the winter.By mid-February 1863 this once vigourous Virginian had wasted away from dehydration. Doctors finally decided to move the suffering soldier to Jackson Hospital in Memphis. On February 17, as the army ambulance in which he lay bounced along a Tennessee road, Houshour died.
In six months as a Union soldier, Houshour never saw a Civil War battlefield. Illness would prove to be his regiment's worst enemy. In two and a half years of service, the 93d Indiana lost one officer and 37 enlisted men to combat wounds, and three officers and 250 soldiers to sickness and disease.
A native of Virginia Pvt Houshour had moved to Indiana with his wife and 3 children shortly before the war. Nearly 40 yrs old he volunteered for service August 22, 1862. He was mustered into Co F of the 93rd Indiana Infantry a month later and he donned his fresh blue uniform and Hardee hat and sat proudly for a photograph.
While his comrades were preparing for battle Pvt Houshour was sent to Camp Thomas, Tn suffering from chronic diarrhea. He was then quickly transferred to Fort Pickering for medical treatment. Despit the best efforts of army doctors , Houshour's condition worsened throughout the winter.By mid-February 1863 this once vigourous Virginian had wasted away from dehydration. Doctors finally decided to move the suffering soldier to Jackson Hospital in Memphis. On February 17, as the army ambulance in which he lay bounced along a Tennessee road, Houshour died.
In six months as a Union soldier, Houshour never saw a Civil War battlefield. Illness would prove to be his regiment's worst enemy. In two and a half years of service, the 93d Indiana lost one officer and 37 enlisted men to combat wounds, and three officers and 250 soldiers to sickness and disease.
While his comrades were preparing for battle Pvt Houshour was sent to Camp Thomas, Tn suffering from chronic diarrhea. He was then quickly transferred to Fort Pickering for medical treatment. Despit the best efforts of army doctors , Houshour's condition worsened throughout the winter.By mid-February 1863 this once vigourous Virginian had wasted away from dehydration. Doctors finally decided to move the suffering soldier to Jackson Hospital in Memphis. On February 17, as the army ambulance in which he lay bounced along a Tennessee road, Houshour died.
In six months as a Union soldier, Houshour never saw a Civil War battlefield. Illness would prove to be his regiment's worst enemy. In two and a half years of service, the 93d Indiana lost one officer and 37 enlisted men to combat wounds, and three officers and 250 soldiers to sickness and disease.
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