Question

Which statement best describes the lives of Northern and Southern soldiers during the Civil War?
Soldiers on both sides often struggled with hunger and disease.
Northern soldiers were well supplied; Southern soldiers were not.
Southern soldiers were well fed, but weapons and shelter were in short supply.
Soldiers of both sides rarely struggled with hunger or disease.

Answer 1

Soldiers on both sides often struggled with hunger and disease.

Explanation: Disease (poor sanitation, infections, dysentery, typhoid) caused far more deaths than combat, and both Union and Confederate troops faced food shortages and supply problems—though shortages were generally worse for the Confederacy.