. The Photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . rous. The water supplywas seldom abundant, and in the winter often frozen. There-fore ablutions were not extensive and were often officer in charge sometimes found it necessary to holdinspections and require a certain standard of came, usually not a lengthy meal. Then a squadgenerally policed the camp. The only occupation of the others was to wait for dinner,which came sometime in the afternoon. A frugal man re-served a piece of his
. The Photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . rous. The water supplywas seldom abundant, and in the winter often frozen. There-fore ablutions were not extensive and were often officer in charge sometimes found it necessary to holdinspections and require a certain standard of came, usually not a lengthy meal. Then a squadgenerally policed the camp. The only occupation of the others was to wait for dinner,which came sometime in the afternoon. A frugal man re-served a piece of his bread for supper; the reckless one ate allhis allowance at dinner and then waited for breakfast. Sel-dom were more than two meals served in a prison. While sut-lers were allowed in the prison the gormand might buy somepotatoes or some of the other vegetables offered, and then pre-pare for a feast. But most of the prisoners were confined to theordinary prison ration. Private soldiers were always expectedto wash their own clothes, and often officers were compelledto do the same. The sight of a bearded major or colonel 1301.
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