A SOLDIER’S LIFEThe American Civil War

WHO WERE THESE SOLDIERS?

Mother?

Wife?

Daughter?

Sister?Husband?

Brother? Uncle?

Father?

Son

BrotherCousin

Nephew

NeighborFriend

Boyfriend

THEY WERE REAL PEOPLE…

They were real people…

with a real sense of humor.

with a story to tell.

They were real people…

“War is not quite so hard as you poor townspeople think; We have plenty of food to eat, and a good warm blanket at night,And now and then, you know, a quiet, moderate drink: Which doesnt hurt us, dearest, and makes things right.But the greatest blessing of all is the total want of care; The happy, complete reliance of the carefully-guardianed childWho has no thought for his dinner, and is given good clothes to wear,…

A Soldier’s Letter

“And whose leisure moments are with innocent sports beguiled.The drill of the soldier is pleasant if one works with a willing heart, It is only the worthless fellow that grumbles at double-quick;I like the ingenious roanceuvres that constitute war an art, And not even the cleaning of arms can make me sick.”

-Fitz James O’Brien

JULY 29, 1864.“Sleepless nights. The report is that the Yankees have left

Covington for Macon, headed by Stoneman, to release prisoners held there. They robbed every house on the road of its provisions, sometimes taking every piece of meat, blankets and wearing apparel, silver and arms of every description. They would take silk dresses and put them under their saddles, and many other things for which they had no use. Is this the way to make us love them and their Union? Let the poor people answer whom they have deprived of every mouthful of meat and of their livestock to make any! Our mills, too, they have burned, destroying an immense amount of property.”

-Dolly Sumner Lunt’s journal

They left their homes…

…their wives…

FROM A SOLDIERS WIFE.AT Paducah, Kentucky, I first realized whatit required to be a soldiers wife. I hadseen much before, and borne a great deal, yetit seemed but little comparatively when I cameto take leave of my husband, and turned back tomy lonely room to await his return.

…and their children.

THE SOLDIERS BA]3Y.

A baby was sleeping,A mother was weeping,Pale vigil was keeping,For slumber had fle& 

Had news from the battle,Where deaths cannon rattle,

0, news from the battle!Its father was dead.

The wife is still weeping,The baby is sleeping,

Good angels are keepingWatch over its bed.

Too young to know sorrow,Or lifes woes to borrow,

Must learn some to-morrow,Its father is dead.

They gave their lives…

…for what they believed in.

A soldier’s, Charles

Wellington Reed's, pencil

sketch of Abraham Lincoln at City Point, Virginia,

1865.

RespectHonor

Appreciation

DedicationLove

Because of the sacrifice of the Civil War soldiers, the United States of America is still the

united nation it is today.But, who were they?

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