A Soldiers Life Report

A Soldier's Life I have had the opportunity to follow around the Union army so that I could see how the men who are fighting for their country live and how their duration of their time in the army is spent and report back to you all about my experience. Throughout my investigation into the life of a U.S army soldier, I soon figured out how the soldier's daily life and the way they lived their life before the war drastically changed when they enlisted. The Union soldiers were so eager to fight for their country, they all then signed up to fight for the union. Also many were also drafted to fight. While talking to many soldiers of the division I was at most of them said that the biggest challenge for them was getting used to the demands of
Many of these huts were pushed to their max capacity with all the soldiers being in this one small hut. With this many people in small rooms during the winter months, this lead to many people around me getting sick. This resulted in huge waves of people getting sick because of all of them living in such close quarters. The smell that were in these huts were also unbearable since it wasn't everyday each that the soldiers after a long, grueling hot day of drill came back to camp and took a bath and washed up, these men have told me they have gone months without them touching a bar of soap therefore making these divisions very weakening to the nose. Whenever winter came to and end the men resorted back to simple lean to shelters in fields. With all their training and drills taking up most of their time they still have some spare time to do their own things. Many of the men spent their time writing back to their loved ones and reading letters to keep them informed what their home lives are like. The men also loved to play games like card games or horseshoes.. I have even gotten myself caught up in a friendly game of horse shoe and a couple footraces during my