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<blockquote data-quote="tomBitonti" data-source="post: 4831127" data-attributes="member: 13107">Social issues, wealth (or lack of it), and education (or the lack of it) are vastly underplayed, but I don't know how to convey a sense of war that is real seeming that does not treat these issues.There are fragments of information that I've read that, after some thought, are eye-opening.&nbsp; I unfortunately don't have all of the details, but consider, what were the biggest killers of soldiers?&nbsp; (I understand this to be either bleeding to death or infection.)&nbsp; Or, the idea of working on a ship-of-war after having been press ganged on board from a large city, with a few hundred others, and having month old biscuits and water to eat, while living on a ship held together by cables.&nbsp; Or, that many classes of people were not permitted to own anything -- and if found with money, or any asset of any notice would be swiftly deprived of it.&nbsp; Or, that for many people, their geographic knowledge was to only a small distance from their home.&nbsp; Or, that folks were rather quite a bit insular.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tomBitonti, post: 4831127, member: 13107"] Social issues, wealth (or lack of it), and education (or the lack of it) are vastly underplayed, but I don't know how to convey a sense of war that is real seeming that does not treat these issues. There are fragments of information that I've read that, after some thought, are eye-opening. I unfortunately don't have all of the details, but consider, what were the biggest killers of soldiers? (I understand this to be either bleeding to death or infection.) Or, the idea of working on a ship-of-war after having been press ganged on board from a large city, with a few hundred others, and having month old biscuits and water to eat, while living on a ship held together by cables. Or, that many classes of people were not permitted to own anything -- and if found with money, or any asset of any notice would be swiftly deprived of it. Or, that for many people, their geographic knowledge was to only a small distance from their home. Or, that folks were rather quite a bit insular. [/QUOTE]

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