Which of the following best describes the conditions faced by soldiers during the Civil War?
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• Improved military technology meant that most soldiers died instantly of battlefield wounds.
• Poor conditions were made worse in that most soldiers were young men under the age of 21.
• Food was bad and scarce, but plentiful Southern cotton was used to make clothes and shelter appropriate to the seasons.
• Prisoners of War on both sides were generally treated well and released soon after a battle.