During the war we spent a lot of time in the camps. In addition to practicing all day, soldiers read books and newspapers, wrote letters to loved ones at home, attended prayer meetings and revivals, played cards, and visited local people. During the winter, which was the least active time of all, the men skated, sled and had snowball fights. Theodore Winthrop, who fought in the war, had this to say about life in the camp. “It's monotonous, it's not monotonous, it's laborious, it's lazy, it's boring, it's a joke, it's half war and half peace, and it's totally attractive, and you can't help but experience the nineteenth century.” (Anderson, so this is what a soldier can choose to do in his free time, but what was a typical day for a soldier? Well, for starters, you would wake up at five or six in the morning and go through Then you would complete all the special orders you were given. Next you would have breakfast, and a sick note would be received. This was where the sick personnel would go to the doctors to be given a field check, and then the drills would begin. After that came lunch, followed by other exercises. Immediately after this torture, you gathered with all the members of your regiment to receive general orders from your commander. Then you had dinner, relaxed, until half past eight, they made another roll call and yes they fell asleep. There were many jobs that a soldier would have to complete. They had to clean their tents, build paths with logs, take care of their horses, repair their equipment, collect firewood and. water and even protect camps from an enemy invasion. With all this going on, it's hard to believe that... middle of paper... on fire. After reading what these people ate, we should forget about complaining about our food. The War Between the States began on April 12, 1861; and after four years of bloody warfare, it ended on April 9, 1865. There was no peace treaty, but General Lee surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia. There were 360,000 deaths and 275,000 casualties on the Union side alone. The southern part lost 258,000 men and about 100,000 were wounded. Among the death toll, 50,000 civilians died. Before the war there was only one hospital, but after the war the North had 203 and the South had 150! Even though part of this feared war was about the freedom of blacks, and they gained freedom, they were not entirely free. Racism was prevalent in all states, both North and South.