A Soldier's Life Quiz

Recruiting, Early Training, and Wages

1) Soldiers that fufilled the soldier requirments were picked at random by the ______ system in the North.

2) Why was the North's recuirting system seldom needed?

3) What are some skills the soldiers learned in training camp that they probably wouldn't have otherwise?

Food of the Civil War

1) What were the four basic foods the Southern and the Northern armies gave to thier army?

2)What are three other names for "Hardbread"?

3)What did some travaling armies herd along with them?

Weapons of the Civil War

1)A ________ is used to support a cannon.

2)The ______________ was the new bullet used in the rifled musket.

3)Soldiers thought that their pistol was their most important weapon. TRUE or FALSE (circle one)

CIVIL WAR UNIFORMS:
1) Why did some he soliders in the Union go to war wearing gray uniforms?

2)The color they used for the color code was yellow, red, and blue. TRUE or FALSE (circle one)

3)What color was the Confederate army, and what color was the Union army?