A Soldiers Life In The Civil War
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Life during the Civil War was not a pleasant time. There was
basically utter chaos going on the South. Soldiers had to deal with the
harsh conditions and the thought of death. Plantation owners had to
worry about who was going to work their fields. Business owners had to
worry about who was going to buy their products. Citizens had to worry
about soldiers destroying their property. And the government had to
worry about how to pay the soldiers and how to end the war. This was a
very rough time to be alive.
Soldier Life During The Civil War
The camp life for a soldier was hardly one to be desired. “The
weather was hot and the water was bad, yet the men kept in good spirits,
and there was no grumbling at the hard drill and harder work(Ratchford,
11).” The weather varied a lot during the Civil...