Download presentation
Presentation is loading. Please wait.
Published byWalter Whitehead Modified over 9 years ago
1
Lauren C. Snead
2
Rise before the sun even rose. Eat small rations of food if there was any. Would either march on to another camp site/battle site or do drills. If there was free time, soldiers would write letters home of play games. Most days could be extremely intense with fighting or with extreme boredom.
3
Confederate ArmyUnion Army Most foods were bacon, corn meal, tea, sugar, and molasses. “Johnnie Cake" that they made in the field from cornmeal, milk and a few other ingredients. Most foods were uncooked to last longer. Usually had salt pork, fresh or salted beef, coffee, sugar, salt, vinegar, dried fruit and vegetables. Bread was hardtack.
4
Most uniforms were made by ladies at home. Not every soldier had one. Hats were provided for warmth during winter and shade during summer. Most uniforms were grey. Footwear was hard to provide so most soldiers marched barefoot.
6
Soldiers were issued uniforms. Officers were expected to purchase their own and had to make sure that they met strict military requirements. Blue uniforms blue blouse and light-blue pants of wool, worn both winter and summer. Long overcoats, often with a short cape, were worn in cold and wet weather. Cavalrymen and some infantry units wore broad- brimmed hats. High leather boots for cavalry, shorter shoes for the infantry. Advances in shoe manufacturing meant a good supply of footwear for Union troops.
8
Confederate ArmyUnion Army A rifled musket. Bayonets were sometimes used. Cavalrymen and officers also used pistols, either single-shot breechloaders or the more modern revolvers. Swords were carried but rarely used in combat. The rifled musket was also the standard Confederate weapon. Lacking the North’s manufacturing capacity, Confederate forces made widespread use of captured Union weapons As in the Union Army, carbines and pistols were the chief cavalry weapons.
9
Most soldiers were very religious. They tried to attend church services regularly. Both Union and Confederate armies had a Chaplain at all times. Most soldiers had a Bible in their pocket so “God would watch over them”.
10
More soldiers died from disease than from battle. Soldiers weren’t paid a lot. Most of them volunteer.
Similar presentations
© 2025 SlidePlayer.com. Inc.
All rights reserved.