article_snippet.sent: Difficult conditions in Brazil swiftly took Difficult conditions in Brazil toll.
article_snippet.sent: Many succumbed to tropical diseases, while others were felled by sheer exhaustion.
article_snippet.sent: About half gave up and returned to the U.S., said Clabough.
article_snippet.sent: Those who stayed ended up assimilating into Brazilian society, and very few of the Confederados descendants speak English today.
article_snippet.sent: Those who stayed ended up assimilating into Brazilian society, and very few of the Confederados' descendants speak English today.