YES SIR, DRILL SERGEANT SIR

SUSTAINING MOTIVATION WHY FIGHT? INITIAL MOTIVATION SUSTAINING MOTIVATION COMBAT MOTIVATION

FREEDOM FROM NORTHERN OPPRESSION PRESERVE THE UNION AND DEMOCRACY ADVENTURE MANHOOD MONEY FREEDOM FROM NORTHERN OPPRESSION DEFEND HOMES END SLAVERY KEEP SLAVERY PATRIOTISM PRESERVE THE UNION AND DEMOCRACY REVENGE RACISM

KILL OR BE KILLED FEAR OF COWARDICE LEADERSHIP BROTHERHOOD

THE ORGANIZATION OF A CIVIL WAR ARMY 3-5 Platoons (100 men) formed a Company 10 Companies (1,000 men) formed a Regiment. 5 Regiments (5,000 men) formed a Brigade. 3 Brigades (15,000 men) formed a Division. 3 Divisions (45,000 men) formed a Corps. Two or three corps formed an Army.

The Typical Civil War Soldier Non-professional, undisciplined, poorly trained overwhelmingly average citizens white, Protestant, Farmer, unmarried, between the ages of 18-29

The Typical Civil War Soldier Most were native-born Americans Some immigrants few Indians African Americans women Conscription (draft) on both sides, eventually

Living arrangements Officers lived better than enlisted men. Officers carried baggage in wagons Enlisted men had to carry all their belongings on their back – 30-40 pounds Half of a tent

ENGINEERS - http://www.civilwarphotos.net/files/images/275.jpg CAVALRY - http://www.civilwarphotos.net/files/images/273.jpg ARTILLERY - http://www.civilwarphotos.net/files/images/220.jpg

Drill “Soldiering is 99% boredom and 1% sheer terror" Soldiers spent weeks and months at a time in camp day began at 5 A.M. in the summer and 6 A.M. in the winter roll call, breakfast, drill sessions soldiers cleaned the camp, built roads, dug trenches for latrines, gathered wood for cooking and heating, tried to find clean water.

Food start - soldiers on both sides were relatively well-fed supplies became limited when armies were moving fast when in the field - salt pork, dried beans, corn bread, and hardtack outbreaks of scurvy were common - lack of fresh fruits and vegetables coffee – most important to soldiers the sutler

Battling Boredom days dragged endlessly read and write letters to their loved ones games - baseball, cards, boxing matches, racing lice or cockroaches gambling was popular (and forbidden) music and singing were common alcohol was outlawed, but … tobacco use was prevalent in both armies most common pastime - sitting around and talking

A TYPICAL COMPANY 1 Captain 1 First Lieutenant 1 Second Lieutenant 1 First Sergeant 4 Sergeants 8 Corporals 2 Musicians 1 Wagoner 82 Privates