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02 - A Soldiers Life Schedule

The document outlines a typical daily schedule for soldiers stationed at Fort Moultrie before the Civil War. Soldiers wake up at 5:00 a.m. for roll call, followed by inspections, drills, and various duties throughout the day, including meals and equipment cleaning. The day concludes with a dress parade roll call at 6:00 p.m., after which guard duty assignments are made.

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02 - A Soldiers Life Schedule

The document outlines a typical daily schedule for soldiers stationed at Fort Moultrie before the Civil War. Soldiers wake up at 5:00 a.m. for roll call, followed by inspections, drills, and various duties throughout the day, including meals and equipment cleaning. The day concludes with a dress parade roll call at 6:00 p.m., after which guard duty assignments are made.

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A Day in the Life of a Soldier

Prior to the Civil War, most soldiers in the US army who were stationed at various forts like Ft. Sumter or
Ft. Moultrie experienced days that were very much the same. Read through the daily schedule below.

Roll Call

Inspection
After completing your training you are assigned to Fort Moultrie. As a soldier you are on duty 24 hours a
day, 7 days a week. Monday through Saturday your day at the fort would usually go like this:

5:00 a.m. - A bugler will sound (play) “reveille” on a bugle. Everyone must get up, get dressed
and prepare (wash your face, and shave) for morning roll call. In the winter “reveille” is played
at 6:00 a.m.
5:15 a.m. - The bugler sounds “assembly” and everyone (except those who are sick or on guard
duty) falls in for roll call. When the sergeant calls your name, you answer, “Here, sergeant!”
After roll call, announcements, assignments, and instructions for the day are issued. Once this is
completed you are dismissed.
6:00 a.m. - The next call is “breakfast call.” You will have one hour to eat.
7:00 a.m. - “Fatigue call” is played telling the soldiers to prepare for inspection. You must make
sure your musket, uniform, bunk, and barracks are clean.
8:00 a.m. - After inspection, the bugler plays “drill call.” For the next four hours, until 12 noon,
you will practice all of the things you learned at the Camp of Instruction.
12:00 noon - “Dinner call” is sounded and you have an hour for lunch.
1:00 p.m. - “Drill call” is sounded again. Until 4:00 P.M. you will drill, and drill, and drill.
4:00 p.m. - You will spend this time cleaning your equipment, the barracks, the cannon, and
the fort.
6:00 p.m. - “Attention” is called to give you a few minutes to get ready for roll call. Next the
bugler plays “assembly” and everyone falls in for dress parade roll call. This means that every-
one is in full uniform, carrying a musket, and wearing all equipment. After answering roll call,
the guard duty assignments are made and you are dismissed.

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