What Happened If You Broke the Rules in the Civil War?

Wake up at dawn, answer roll call, drill, eat hardtack, and never fall asleep on guard duty. In this animated story, follow Tom Whitaker and his friend Eli Bauer through the rules that shaped every hour of a Union soldier’s life in the Civil War. You will see: How the Articles of War governed camp life A day in camp by drum and bugle, from reveille to Taps Pay, rations, and what soldiers really ate What happened when a soldier broke a rule The hard choice on the march: stay or desert Life on the Front tells the everyday stories of how soldiers really lived in wars. New videos regularly. Subscribe so you don’t miss the next one. Sources: National Park Service, Smithsonian, Yale Avalon Project, Billings “Hardtack and Coffee”. Story characters and dialogue are for illustration. #CivilWar #History #UnionArmy