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Most soldiers were draftees or volunteers, and had little or no training. Many died before they fired a shot in battle
The most common chores Civil War soldiers had to do were cleaning the camp, chopping and bringing in firewood, cooking, and digging latrine trenches/pits. If any soldiers/officers owned horses, then someone had to take care of those.
Infection
diseases
If they weren't killed by soldiers on the opposite side, they were most often killed by their wounds getting infected. Also, many died of dysentary and measles.
Most soldiers were draftees or volunteers, and had little or no training. Many died before they fired a shot in battle
The most common chores Civil War soldiers had to do were cleaning the camp, chopping and bringing in firewood, cooking, and digging latrine trenches/pits. If any soldiers/officers owned horses, then someone had to take care of those.
Disease and illness rapidly spread among civil war soldiers due to lack of proper hygiene and poor living conditions. The army camps were often dirty and cramped. This made life in the camps uncomfortable for the soldiers. There often were food shortages, and supplies could not be delivered on time, so soldiers would starve. Most civil war soldiers died from sickness before having the chance to fight.
Union had more soldiers in the war.
Infection
Most soldiers were farmers or other similar jobs
the civil war
diseases
Most of the common diseases that killed troops on both sides of the American Civil War include dysentery, malaria, pneumonia, measles, typhoid and tuberculosis. The worst out of the bunch was by far dysentery. This one disease accounted for around 45,000 deaths in the Union army and around 50,000 deaths in the Confederate army. The diseases that killed the soldiers were malaria and small pox.
Most union soldiers were wealthy and well organized.
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