What Does It Mean To Say Life In The Army

No, Life in the army is nothing like Charley expected it nor did any of the other soldiers. At the end of the first chapter, it says “ Nobody thought it would be so bad. Nobody thought it could be so bad. And all the officers and politicians and newspapers said it would be a month or two, no longer. It would all be over by fall.” Charley didn’t think the war would be so bad because the press led him to believe this. The war officers and colonials led Charley and themselves to believe that this statement was true because the Union thought that the Rebels were not as prepared and eligible to win the war as the Union was. Also in the first chapter of the book it says that “There would be a shooting war. There were rebels who had violated the