Frank, I hate to disagree with a fellow Yank. While I do agree with you and Jim that the vast majority of those in the government of the United States and Confederate States would not resort to germ warfare. ( while they might not know much about germs, they sure knew that passing clothing and blankets of a sick man with smallpox or the fever could put a hurt on you.) I have not the least doubt in my mind that there were men on both sides who would have had not the least hesitation in doing so. My view may be cynical but as a white kid growing up in the inner city my delusions on the nobility of my fellow man left me at an early age.