“The Army of Northern Virginia.”
“The Army of Northern Virginia.”
Good Morning Folks, as all of you are probably dying to know how your sons, fathers, brothers, and sweethearts are doing? Well, I just came back from their camp, that I have spent more than a week at and I got everything there is to know about them and their lives in this article. Keep on reading to find out more. Every Morning, the soldiers wake up at five am to the beat of the drums, they have forty-five minutes to get ready put on their uniform and to go eat breakfast. During the cold winters the unions uniforms were really warm and they’re first activity is the running drill that they practice with weapons. Drilling is one of the main activities soldiers do during the winter. It prepares them for fighting and makes them smarter on how to use their weapons. The soldiers are doing drills now to keep themselves warm and to make themselves stronger, for the next time they go into war. “in between drills, we drill” one soldier has told me. Sometimes during drills the other soldiers are playing harmonics to keep the rest of the soldiers entertained. A soldier’s life basically revolves around drills. The soldiers are living not in the best condition; it is negative twelve degrees Celsius. it was snowing like it never has before. Army camps are like a huge bustling city. All the soldiers are living in Log Huts that they have constructed. One log hut could fit in several men. Wasn’t the best place to sleep in but at least it was better than in the south.
While I was observing the Union forces have sent the army a new weapon which was incredible called the battling gun. Each barrel fired a single shot when it reached a certain point in the cycle, after which it ejected the spent cartridge. This was one of the strongest machinery during the 1860s.
I was also really impressed about their Medical kit and their doctors. One small medical kit is basically used to do everything; to amputate an arm, to take a bullet out and to
Good Morning Folks, as all of you are probably dying to know how your sons, fathers, brothers, and sweethearts are doing? Well, I just came back from their camp, that I have spent more than a week at and I got everything there is to know about them and their lives in this article. Keep on reading to find out more. Every Morning, the soldiers wake up at five am to the beat of the drums, they have forty-five minutes to get ready put on their uniform and to go eat breakfast. During the cold winters the unions uniforms were really warm and they’re first activity is the running drill that they practice with weapons. Drilling is one of the main activities soldiers do during the winter. It prepares them for fighting and makes them smarter on how to use their weapons. The soldiers are doing drills now to keep themselves warm and to make themselves stronger, for the next time they go into war. “in between drills, we drill” one soldier has told me. Sometimes during drills the other soldiers are playing harmonics to keep the rest of the soldiers entertained. A soldier’s life basically revolves around drills. The soldiers are living not in the best condition; it is negative twelve degrees Celsius. it was snowing like it never has before. Army camps are like a huge bustling city. All the soldiers are living in Log Huts that they have constructed. One log hut could fit in several men. Wasn’t the best place to sleep in but at least it was better than in the south.
While I was observing the Union forces have sent the army a new weapon which was incredible called the battling gun. Each barrel fired a single shot when it reached a certain point in the cycle, after which it ejected the spent cartridge. This was one of the strongest machinery during the 1860s.
I was also really impressed about their Medical kit and their doctors. One small medical kit is basically used to do everything; to amputate an arm, to take a bullet out and to