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Many outside factors were believed to affect the Civil War's outcome; everything from clothing, weather conditions, weapons, and food. The factor that most affected the war's outcome was the food. The North had a great amount and variety of food. The South's food started off the same way, but it quickly deteriorated. The southern soldiers began to pillage farms to find food they wanted or the soldiers would desert and go home while they would have food. These were factors that could have been prevented.
The South's food was plentiful in the beginning. They had a significant amount of food for their camp rations, which consisted of everything from pork, bread, peas, rice, and coffee. They ate more pork because the war had decimated Southern farms ruining livestock (Engle 203). They were also issued a smaller marching ration. "Fresh fruits and vegetables rarely appeared, and then only spread scurvy when they were found." (Cruden 127) This was a huge problem for the South. There was......

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