Full Duty Thesis
There were 23,000 casualties between the union soldiers in the Battle of Gettysburg. This battle was the only one his regiment fought in during his time apart of the the Union army. Some could say Daniel was lucky because he became ill shortly before the battle, because of this, he missed out on one of the bloodiest battles in the Civil War. Out of all the men Daniel was lucky to avoid getting wounded, captured, or killed. He was lucky to go home after the war and spend time with his family in the green hills of Vermont. The gun shots were ringing through the air with other sounds of colonels ordering commands left and right. The air smelled of smoke and troops were going down left and right, on both sides. The men were forced to watch as
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Daniel mustered in on October 23, 1862 shortly after he enlisted on September, 15, 1862. Once a soldier was prepared to fight they would be mustered-in. When Daniel went off to war he would have received, a uniform, gun, a canteen, a cartridge box, knife, and a knapsack. They may have gotten some other weapons of some sort but that was mostly it. They didn’t have many weapons to use because even the guns they used were fairly new to them. In a book called Full Duty: Vermonters in the Civil War the author writes, “It voted to give each private $7 a month in state pay, in addition to the $13 offered by the federal government” (Coffin). In today's currency he earned about $192.35 a month with the addition of about $357.23 given by the federal government. There wasn't very much training for these soldiers some of them didn't even quite know how to use their guns when they went off to war. Using a rifle was complicated if you didn’t know what you were doing. Camp life was miserable they would frequently send letters home and only get two back in one week for the whole regiment. Daniel probably adjusted to the army by writing letters home alike the other soldiers and making use of his down time. Life at camp was gloomy and unpredictable the soldiers spent their down time training and learning to use their guns and when they weren’t hanging out at camp
Daniel mustered in on October 23, 1862 shortly after he enlisted on September, 15, 1862. Once a soldier was prepared to fight they would be mustered-in. When Daniel went off to war he would have received, a uniform, gun, a canteen, a cartridge box, knife, and a knapsack. They may have gotten some other weapons of some sort but that was mostly it. They didn’t have many weapons to use because even the guns they used were fairly new to them. In a book called Full Duty: Vermonters in the Civil War the author writes, “It voted to give each private $7 a month in state pay, in addition to the $13 offered by the federal government” (Coffin). In today's currency he earned about $192.35 a month with the addition of about $357.23 given by the federal government. There wasn't very much training for these soldiers some of them didn't even quite know how to use their guns when they went off to war. Using a rifle was complicated if you didn’t know what you were doing. Camp life was miserable they would frequently send letters home and only get two back in one week for the whole regiment. Daniel probably adjusted to the army by writing letters home alike the other soldiers and making use of his down time. Life at camp was gloomy and unpredictable the soldiers spent their down time training and learning to use their guns and when they weren’t hanging out at camp