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Life During the War

Life During the War. 11-3. The South. By 1862, the South’s economy began to suffer Food shortages lowered morale and led to riots The North The Northern economy boomed Needed factory workers, especially in textiles. 54 th Massachusetts.

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Life During the War

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  1. Life During the War 11-3

  2. The South • By 1862, the South’s economy began to suffer • Food shortages lowered morale and led to riots The North • The Northern economy boomed • Needed factory workers, especially in textiles

  3. 54th Massachusetts • One of the first All African American Regiments and most famous • Had Black enlisted men and white officers

  4. Soldiers in the Field • For every one day in combat, soldiers spent 30 in camp • Food- hardtack, maybe potatoes & beans, or salt pork

  5. Medicine • Sanitation is non-existent • Doctors often went days without washing instruments • Main method of treating wounds was amputation • More soldiers died of disease than battlefield wounds • Camp conditions caused many diseases

  6. Women in the War • On the battlefield, nurses were increasingly women • Clara Barton- famous battlefield nurse

  7. Military Prisons • Soldiers captured- POW- Prisoner of War • Early on, soldiers were exchanged or paroled • After Emancipation Proclamation, CSA planned to execute or re-enslave African American soldiers

  8. Military Prisons • Union ended prisoner exchanges • Both sides now needed prisons • Conditions bad in prison, especially in Southern prisons • South couldn’t feed prisoners • Andersonville, GA- most infamous prison • Summer 1864- about 100 a day died

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