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“One cannot describe his feelings during the first night under a tent - the beginning of his real soldier life. There was so much to look forward to, so much to look back upon! Thoughts of separation from home and loved ones, never, perhaps, to be seen again, occupied the mind. All the hopes and ambitions of the young soldier were crowding through the brain, and ending in the one dearest wish to go speedily to the front.”
James I. Robertson, Jr., Soldiers Blue and Gray: p. 47.
“The first thing in the morning is drill, then drill, then drill again. Then drill, drill, a little more drill. Then drill, and lastly drill. Between drills, we drill and sometimes stop to eat a little and have roll call.”- A Northern soldier
Cited in Soldiers Blue and Gray, Robertson: p. 48.
Cited in Soldiers Blue and Gray, Robertson: p. 48.
“Faith in God became the single greatest institution in the maintenance of morale in the armies. To the devout soldier, religion was the connecting link between camp life and home. As he prayed and sang hymns of praise, his thoughts could not help but wander to his home church wherein he felt a mother, a father, a wife, or a child might be uinted with him in asking for his speedy return.”
Cited in Soldiers Blue and Gray, Robertson: p. 172
