Comments on: Where did Civil War soldiers go to the bathroom? http://www.historynet.com/where-did-civil-war-soldiers-go-to-the-bathroom.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:48:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ed Hamilton http://www.historynet.com/where-did-civil-war-soldiers-go-to-the-bathroom.htm#comment-912035 Ed Hamilton Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:09:18 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13687494#comment-912035 A better question would have been: Where did soldiers, like those in the Mississippi Marine Brigade, go when they were aboard the crowded transports and gunboats for extended periods? I was once told by a historian who specialized in the Brown Water Navy, that the steamers had breakdown outhouses that extended out from the deck (one would assume the main deck). In the diary of James A. Dickinson (look this up. It is a diary of a 14 year old sailor on the Tiawah - a timberclad gunboat.), he mentions going for a swim off the boat. Probably not a wise activity. A better question would have been: Where did soldiers, like those in the Mississippi Marine Brigade, go when they were aboard the crowded transports and gunboats for extended periods?

I was once told by a historian who specialized in the Brown Water Navy, that the steamers had breakdown outhouses that extended out from the deck (one would assume the main deck). In the diary of James A. Dickinson (look this up. It is a diary of a 14 year old sailor on the Tiawah – a timberclad gunboat.), he mentions going for a swim off the boat. Probably not a wise activity.

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