Why Would People Join Military? Because....

I think men and women joined the military for adventure and new experiences. Many soldiers were farmers who followed the same routine everyday. They probably go sick and tired of there life and joined the army for a new, exciting experience. Women probably joined to help support there husband off at war. They could help by making clothes for the soldiers, cook for the soldiers, and tend wounds on the soldiers.

It would take lots of money and food to motivate me to join the military in the middle of the war. I wouldn't join an army simply because it was a different experience. I would join it for a profit. If I wanted to know what it was like to sleep in a tent outside, I would just go outside, make a tent, and sleep in it. If I wanted to know what it was like to do a drill, I would make one up and do my own drill.

It wouldn't be hard for me to be a soldier, because I already know what it's like. I've hiked for many miles with a 30 -50lb backpack. I've slept in the rain outside. I've hiked through a icy blizzard in shorts and a t-shirt. I also do not get home sick very easily. The only difficulty for me is how much food I could get. If there's little or no food, I would suffer greatly. I would become boney by the end of the Civil War. To me, no food = death.