Unlike today, the men just wore clothes they had from their homes, and this was usually just wool and cotton. During the Civil War, the men did not wear any protective gear, and if they did, it did not prove to be very affective. The bullets and canon balls would almost instantly kill one man out of every four on the field. The rest of the weapons inbred the men so they were laying, helpless on the ground with wounds in their legs, back, or torsos. The men with bullets in their torso were not expected to live until anesthetics were invented later in the
Unlike today, the men just wore clothes they had from their homes, and this was usually just wool and cotton. During the Civil War, the men did not wear any protective gear, and if they did, it did not prove to be very affective. The bullets and canon balls would almost instantly kill one man out of every four on the field. The rest of the weapons inbred the men so they were laying, helpless on the ground with wounds in their legs, back, or torsos. The men with bullets in their torso were not expected to live until anesthetics were invented later in the