Antietam+Confederate+Soilders

The average Confederete soldier was about twenty years old, unsaven, dirty, but tough. The rebel soldiers were usually wearing a wool hat and grey uniform with a white shirt. Most commenly the uniforms didn't fit the soldiers. Some uniforms were worn down and missing buttons, sometimes even stolen from a corpse.​ Only lucky soldiers had shoes that actually fit. To keep thier shoes from wearing down they would place the nail from a horseshoe into the sole of their shoe. The Confederates often looked very shabby, but their spirit was high.

The soldiers carried a flint-lock rifle or a musket sometimes called Confederate Spring fields. Keeping ammunition in a cartridge box that was attached to the right side of his belt. He would also carry around a small blanket, a haversack (or a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder), tin cup, and small frying pan. During the war Rebel's would steal Enfield rifles from dead Union soldiers.

As the war progressed Reble's had been cut off from thier suppliers by sea and rail. They had run out of ammunition and meat. Many soldiers got ill from fatigue and starvation. Confederate soldiers were not payed very well. It would take a very long time for them to be paid. So their families that were left behind had to wait for support, and often had to go hungry.

A majority of the Rebel soldiers were causasian. Women also pretented to be men. Some Native Americans also served in the Confederate Army.

The Confederate soldiers didn't fight because they were drafted. They fought for their beliefs and ideas. About 260,000 Confederate soldiers died in the civil war. 7,752 Injured 1,018 MIA ( Missing in action)**
 * __Confederate casualties at Antietam:__**
 * 1,546 Soldiers killed

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