1. Behind the Lines
CH 5.5

2. Wartime Government Powers
 Both sides greatly increased government
power during war
 Raising an army
 90 day volunteers to 3 year enlistment
 Many Confederate soldiers left to go home to help
family
 Military draft
 Age 18 to 35
 South changed age limit to 50 later in war
 Incomplete laws
 Hire a substitute
 Pay $300
 “Rich man’s war and a poor man’s fight”

3. Wartime Government Powers
 Supplies
 Shortages for almost everything for South
 Civilians ate most of their livestock
 North had corruption with contractors
 Shoddy clothing, rotten meat, defective shoes