2. YES SIR, DRILL SERGEANT SIR

4. SUSTAINING MOTIVATION
WHY FIGHT?
INITIAL MOTIVATION
SUSTAINING MOTIVATION
COMBAT MOTIVATION

5. 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

6. KILL OR BE KILLED
FEAR OF COWARDICE
LEADERSHIP
BROTHERHOOD

7. 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.

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

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

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

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

13. 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.

14. 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

15. 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

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