The reading thus far in Hardtack and Coffee has focused on methods soldiers used to occupy their free time between marching and fighting. Camp life was often very dull and soldiers often sought escape from their day to day routine. Sex in the Civil War is an often forgotten piece of the story of soldier life. In a fabulous book called "The Story the Soldiers Wouldn't Tell: Sex in the Civil War", Dr. Thomas Lowry enlightens our view of the most taboo subjects in one of the world's most studied wars. If you have not read the book, it is available in large part on google books. http://tiny.cc/68n2s This lecture is based on that book.
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