Marshall A. Capenter.

By hannahpeek1

  • Dressing wood.

    Dressing wood.
    he did many loads of wood per day.

  • took a kid to school.

    marshall, carried a kid to school.

  • dancing.

    he was one of the many soldiers, who did dancing, and singing while in that war.

  • singing school.

    singing school.
    they had a lot of music groups there in the civil war, like singing groups. drum courps. ect.

  • civil war branches.

    civil war branches.
    he went to a branch to socialize and figure things out.

  • Did mouldings for houses as work sometimes.

    Did mouldings for houses as work sometimes.
    He had to build the like, frame of houses, c:

  • Went to homer hatchs' funeral.

    Went to homer hatchs' funeral.
    Funerals back then and now have changed a small bit, but most of the stuff then and now are the same.

  • Digging graves.

    Digging graves.
    Back then, people in the cilval war digged up graves for some of the soldiers that they could find,

  • Attending church.

    Attending church.
    The churches back then, emphasized that they wanted the union to be preserved.

  • war meetings.

    war meetings.
    he had to go to a war meeting.

  • being sick.

    being sick.
    marshall got sick several times partly because of it being cold for a long time and it was harder to be warm.

  • worked at fort and snowed all day.

    worked at fort and snowed all day.
    people worked when it snowed. like on thier base is a main part on where they work.

  • Thanksgiving. (holidays.)

    Thanksgiving. (holidays.)
    he had to spend his thanksgiving on the wrong date, and in camp. but sometimes for christmas they will send people out to see their familys.

  • drilling.

    drilling.
    drilling in the civil war was kind of differnt bc i mean, think about it. the people in the wars now and then, their position could have changed some.

  • building winter quarters.

    building winter quarters.
    people would build places for them for when it got cold and all.

  • Guarding.

    Guarding.
    they had to guard so many things. my guy, Marshall A, Carpenter. well, he had to mainly guard and build houses. but anyway, people would guard court houses, the coast. just about anything.

  • staying up all night in a picket.

    staying up all night in a picket.
    he had to stay up all night for some reason in a picket. (house.)