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Civil War Camp Life

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A few of the words

TAPS
The bugle call was composed in July 1862 by Union General Daniel Butterfield, who wanted something softer to end the day at Harrison's Landing, Virginia.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
HARDTACK
This plain flour-and-water cracker was so hard that soldiers soaked it in coffee, partly to soften it and partly to float out the weevils.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
SUTLER
The sutler was a civilian merchant who followed the army and sold soldiers everything from tobacco to canned peaches, usually at a steep markup.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
REVEILLE
The word comes from the French for 'wake up,' and in camp it was the first call of the day, sounded at dawn.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Civil War camp life word search, free and printable. Hardtack and bugle calls, and the long quiet stretches between the battles.

About Civil War Camp Life

Most of a soldier's war was spent waiting. A typical Union regiment of about a thousand men woke to the drummer and the bugle before dawn, and the army marched far less often than it sat in camp. Winter quarters, like the Army of the Potomac's at Brandy Station, Virginia, in 1863 and 1864, turned into small towns of log huts, with letters and fiddle tunes carrying the evenings.

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