Death Cause, 1865 - what is it?

I'm working with a list of prisoners who died in Andersonville Prison. The list is in tiny print, so a bit hard to read. A number of them have the cause of death listed as what appears to be "scorbutus" (although sometimes the last two letters look more like ea). I have a scorbutic in my dictionary which gives two ideas - wasting away and scurvy. Any ideas on what the best definition for the ailment would be? Thanks for your help. Puma

Thanks Mac and Brady. I'm working on real history, in preparation for our township's bicentennial in 2010, and right now trying to put together the best records possible of everyone who served in the Civil War. It's amazing how many of the confirmed veterans are hard to find, even if they have military headstones (with no dates).

Brady, does your DVD by any chance have a list of doctors who served? One of the ones I can't find was a doctor and I can't even find a record of what regiment he was in. If it does, I'd love to have you look for him on it for me. Thanks! Puma

Yep, using the Soldiers and Sailors database, the Sons of the Union Veterans database, and the Ohio Genealogical Society Civil War database. In some cases a person will be in only one of the three. The Union Veterans database has the most personal information, but in a lot of cases it wasn't filled out - and that's where I'm having problems. I've been able to track down some people by using the LDS and Rootsweb files, but I still have about five that are driving me nuts. Keeping me occupied (and I really hate to finish things up with missing data (even though other people obviously did.)) Puma

Thanks everyone. Stephanie, it's actually Atwater's list of those who died I've been working on - but just those from Ohio (but still a lot). I like your link to the causes he listed. Puma