What problems did American soldiers face at the beginning of the war?

American soldiers were led by corrupt and inefficient officers.

American soldiers had little training and few supplies.

American soldiers were not eager to fight in the war.

"American soldiers had little training and few supplies" was the problem faced by American soldiers at the beginning of the war.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

A soldier's life in the civil war was very harsh and rude to them. They faced the possibility of being killed in battle, they were totally having hardship in their daily lives. Starvation, bad weather, poor clothing and medical facilities and even boredom between battles had to be dealt with.

During those days the medical facilities were very insufficient to fight with infections, even small cuts and wounds resulted into death of number of soldiers due to infections. Many died due to starvation, when they felt hungry they use to have hard crackers made from flour, water and salt was popular as hardtack, even they had raw meat in difficult situations.