Civil war hospital camp marshal6/1/2023 ![]() This is even true when it came to a simple thing like Civil War tents. They were cold and damp and soldiers did not sleep in them unless it was out of necessity.Ĭonfederate soldiers never had it as good as Union soldiers. Troops would take cover in them whenever the enemy began shelling their position. Both the Union and Confederacy used bombproof shelters. They were built either on top of the ground or dug into the ground. Wooden rafters were made to place on top of the walls and the tent halves were placed on top of the rafters. The ground beneath the shelter was sometimes dug out one to two feet. ![]() Walls made from logs were built between two and five feet high, the openings between the logs were packed with mud. Soldiers used their dog tents to take up a more permanent residence in camp. With the arrival of winter fighting typically stopped. New recruits would learn the hard way that if they didn’t bother to do this they would be lying in a puddle and all their equipment soaked when they woke up after a rain. Soldiers would dig a ditch around their tent to drain rainwater away. If the weather was bad, or it was going to get bad, they would set their tents up. The last thing a tired soldier wanted to do was take time to setup a tent if it really wasn’t necessary. Instead they would sleep out under the stars with just their blankets. If it was good weather soldiers typically would not use their tents.
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