Del Norte Public Library

Examines the daily activities of Civil War soldiers when they were not engaged in battle, discussing drill and camp chores, meals, games, songs, rules, punishments, and other aspects of camp life.

Recounts Christmas celebrations during the early Civil War, with an emphasis on how the holiday united opposing soldiers before the Battle of Stones River in 1862. Though Congress didn't decree Christmas a national holiday until 1870, it was spreading nationwide as an American tradition by the time the war broke out. In 1861, the first Civil War Christmas saw festivities in both Union and Confederate camps, but the second, after a bloody year of war,...

A mosaic of the daily life of soldiers during the American Civil War. Contains primary source material in the form of photos, drawings, and excerpts from writings of the period, including those of or by both soldiers and civilians.

Photographs and excerpts from the memoirs, letters, and journals of soldiers who fought in the Civil War provide a look at the lives of ordinary soldiers, from what they wore and ate to their leisure activities.