1. LIFE DURING THE CIVIL WAR Soldiers and Civilians How did the war affect people and politics of the Civil War?

14. The Sullivan Ballou Letter Letter  Why did Sullivan go to war?  What did he have to give up in order to fight?  What possible horrors might soldiers have to face during the Civil War?

15. The Life of a Soldier  Soldiers spent ¾ of their time in the camp  10 hours a day training  When not training stood guard, wrote home, gathered firewood, or took part in other leisure activities  Food was scarce: meals were often hardtack a dry cracker-like product

18.  Desertion a huge problem: 300,000 to 550,000 deserted during war  1/3 to ½ a unit often missing  Draft laws had to be established (required military service)  Became called “poor man’s fight” because rich could avoid draft

19. Buy Your Way Out of Military Service

20. Prisoners of War  10% of soldiers killed during war died in prison camps  Worst were Elmira, New York and Andersonville, Georgia  Often held double their capacity with lacking food supplies  100 prisoners per day died of starvation, disease, or exposure

21. Union Prison Camp at Andersonville, GA

22. Distributing “Rations”

23. Union “Survivors”

24. Divisions in the North and South  In South, North Carolina and Georgia opposed the war most  Northern Democrats opposed to the war called “Copperheads”  Found mostly in (Ohio, Illinois, Indiana)  Protested war and helped prisoners of war escape  Both Lincoln and Davis had to suspend Habeas Corpus

25. Economic Strains  In North  Union started income tax (tax on money people receive)  Started printing paper money-led to inflation (80%)

26.  In South  Because of Union blockade, even hirer inflation in South  Food production fell because Union destroyed crops and fields

27. Women  Took over family farms or worked in factories  Opened up barriers to women, especially in field of nursing  Elizabeth Blackwell became 1 st female physician  Clara Barton became nurse on battlefield (known as angel of the battlefield)

28. How was life made difficult by the war for … Soldiers?Civilians?

29. Andersonville: The Movie  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLpFFaR-uPY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLpFFaR-uPY