A+Soldiers+Life

= = = Soldiers Life = What ages were the northern soldiers when they join the army? What type of foods did both the north and the south used during the war?

Camp life and conditions
Life was very hard back then for soldiers. They never went more than a couple miles from camp. Young soldiers suffered from homesickness. It was hard to train the regular American work dad with the fact that, the officers on both sides had little training. They did lots of drills all day long. They slept in tents. during the march they often slept under the stars. Sometimes they slept under trees, with nothing more than a blanket.

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The Draft
One half of all Northern soldiers were the ages between sixteen and twenty-four. There were soldiers in Confederacy that were fifty years old that fought in the war and there were no, one type of confederate soldier. There were actually recruits of many nationalities. An even greater percentage of young southerners took arms in the Confederacy. Not all soldiers were recruited for the end of slavery but recruited because of peer pressure and the thought of adventure.

Food and Training
The north and the south barely had a variety of food. But some of the stuff that they had was fried or salted meat. Hard bread or hard cracker and sometimes coffee. They rarely had fresh fruit or vegetables. Both sides always complained that they were hungry. Confederates were so desperate that they were informed that they could now eat their mules. They would also go in the pockets of dead soldiers for something edible. Their daily routine was drills, drills, and more drills.

Works Cited “Soldier Life.” The Civil War. Vol. 9. Danbury, CT: Groiler, 2004. 24-28. Print. “A Soldiers Life.” Gale Library of Daily Life: American Civil War. Ed. Steven E. Woodworth. Detroit: Gale, 2008. 18-19. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 17 Mar. 2010.