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A soldier's Life Civil War

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  • Name 2 things a soldier ate.
    Pork or beef, bread rice, peas, beans, dried fruit, potatoes, and salt. Coffee
  • Name one common disease among the soldier.
    Smallpox, diphtheria, dysentery, measles, yellow fever, and malaria were
  • Was a soldiers day easy and laid back or strict?
    strict
  • A civil war soldier could fight on one of 2 sides Name the 2 sides.
    Union and confederate.
  • Military service meant being away from home for how long?
    months
  • Who set up tents/shelters? (Union or confederate)
    Union
  • What did calvarymen do?
    Cavalrymen drilled both on foot and on horseback.
  • What meat did a soldier eat?
    Pork or beef
  • There were many differences in the diets of soldiers on both sides. T OR F?
    FALSE
  • What did soldiers look forward to getting and spent time doing in their spare time?
    Mail! Letters! Writing!
  • Throughout the Civil War, huge numbers of men and boys on both sides signed up to fight. T or F
    True
  • Name one disease among the soldiers.
    Smallpox, diphtheria, dysentery, measles, yellow fever, and malaria were
  • What food products were most desirable?
    coffee and sugar
  • What did artillerymen do?
    Artillerymen drilled with their cannons.
  • What did musicians do?
    Musicians practiced their marching music.
  • What is a pup tent?
    A two-man tent was called a pup tent.
  • Most were disappointed to learn that life as a soldier was very different than what they had imagined. T OR F
    TRUE
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