Camp life for a confederate soldier was hash. If the soldiers weren't on guard or drilling they would find games to play. The camp was laid out in a fixed grid pattern. They had drills for most of the day. The camp was laid out with the out with the officers in the front and everyone else behind them.
Camp life was hash and very boring. Only a fraction of any soldier’s time was spent in front line combat but was mostly spent in routines of camp life. In few intervals between drills they would clean the camp, build roads, dug trenches for latrines, and get would for cooking and heat. They also would try to find clean water. They had a lack of potable water which was a problem and ended up leading to widespread disease. When not in battle soldiers day start around 5 a.m. in the summer and 6 a.m in the winter. When they would be woken up by reveille the would wait for the first sergeant took roll then after that was done they would eat breakfast then prepare for their first of five drill sessions that day. During the drills the would learn how to shoot and perform various maneuvers. When soldiers received letters or care packages it caused excitement in the camp.
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Germs had not been accepted in the medical world at the time of the Civil War and modern antiseptics, which could have greatly reduced the spread of bacteria and the outbreak of disease, did not exist. As George Worthington Adams famously wrote, “The Civil War was fought in the very last years of the medical middle ages.” Chloroform, ether and whiskey were the main source of anesthetics. With those medicines many survived their wounds and had only the dedicated doctors and nurses and their selfless acts to thank. Medicine is an ever-evolving science. Sadly for those who fought in the Civil War, the technology of warfare had passed the technology of health
Camp life was hash and very boring. Only a fraction of any soldier’s time was spent in front line combat but was mostly spent in routines of camp life. In few intervals between drills they would clean the camp, build roads, dug trenches for latrines, and get would for cooking and heat. They also would try to find clean water. They had a lack of potable water which was a problem and ended up leading to widespread disease. When not in battle soldiers day start around 5 a.m. in the summer and 6 a.m in the winter. When they would be woken up by reveille the would wait for the first sergeant took roll then after that was done they would eat breakfast then prepare for their first of five drill sessions that day. During the drills the would learn how to shoot and perform various maneuvers. When soldiers received letters or care packages it caused excitement in the camp.
When the soldiers weren't drilling or on guard they …show more content…
Germs had not been accepted in the medical world at the time of the Civil War and modern antiseptics, which could have greatly reduced the spread of bacteria and the outbreak of disease, did not exist. As George Worthington Adams famously wrote, “The Civil War was fought in the very last years of the medical middle ages.” Chloroform, ether and whiskey were the main source of anesthetics. With those medicines many survived their wounds and had only the dedicated doctors and nurses and their selfless acts to thank. Medicine is an ever-evolving science. Sadly for those who fought in the Civil War, the technology of warfare had passed the technology of health