. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . he water supjdywas 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 holdinsi^ections and require a certain standard of came, usually not a lengthy meal. Then a squadgenerally jjoliced 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 brea
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . he water supjdywas 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 holdinsi^ections and require a certain standard of came, usually not a lengthy meal. Then a squadgenerally jjoliced 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 ]5rison. 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 j^risoners Mere confined to theordinary 2)rison ration. Private soldiers Mere always expectedto Mash their omii clothes, and often officers Mere compelledto do the same. The sight of a bearded major or colonel [ 130.
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