Aye,

Great great grandfather Edmond Root kept a "diary" of his time in Tennessee. When I finally got a chance to see it I was dissappointed. His entries were usually one word...hot...wet...tired...rain...muddy...sick...

Made little sense that a man would keep a diary then have such brief entries...war over, whiskey....Lincoln killed...

Today, knowing a bit about combat fatigue/shell shock/PTSD it makes perfect sense. Guessing he may have struggled even to write one word or so each day. Makes those efforts even more touching.

Ron