Soldiers from the 4th New Jersey Infantry on recruiting detail, stationed at the Trenton Barracks, Summer of 1863.waterandweights t1_ix9rngq wrote
Reply to comment by financialanon in Soldiers from the 4th New Jersey Infantry on recruiting detail, stationed at the Trenton Barracks, Summer of 1863. by Unionforever1865
Say goodbye to your wife. Hike for weeks to months. Tired, weak, sick. Show up to battlefield and get stabbed by a rusty bayonet.
Wounded for days then die in agony.
PatmygroinB t1_ixcjnfp wrote
Or have a cannonball take off a leg, and continuing to have to March after the battle
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