The soldiers were unprepared and had no intentions in becoming ready. With little training, the war did not have a slow start. Instead, it took off without the Confederacy’s preparedness. Because of this unpreparedness, the south would soon witness what war is. After the battle of Shiloh, “The sounds of wounded men screaming for water or for home could be heard through the night across the darkened battlefield” (78). If the soldiers did not pass away immediately from battle wounds, “the diseases” and the “poor food and egregiously improper sanitation” would sicken and slay them. The men would also deal with the “struggle that would keep survivors away from their homes for an extended period of time” (83). Since the soldier’s notion of a short war proved to be false, the soldiers longed for home, but home longed for them as
The soldiers were unprepared and had no intentions in becoming ready. With little training, the war did not have a slow start. Instead, it took off without the Confederacy’s preparedness. Because of this unpreparedness, the south would soon witness what war is. After the battle of Shiloh, “The sounds of wounded men screaming for water or for home could be heard through the night across the darkened battlefield” (78). If the soldiers did not pass away immediately from battle wounds, “the diseases” and the “poor food and egregiously improper sanitation” would sicken and slay them. The men would also deal with the “struggle that would keep survivors away from their homes for an extended period of time” (83). Since the soldier’s notion of a short war proved to be false, the soldiers longed for home, but home longed for them as