CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS NEEDED BRAVERY TO FACE THE FOE, AND THE FOOD
Jul 3, 2013 Chronic food shortages and outright hunger crippled the South throughout the Civil War, Smith says, breeding despair among civilians and soldiers alike. From npr.org
FOOD DURING THE CIVIL WAR (FROM TAR HEEL JUNIOR HISTORIAN)
In the early days of the Civil War, people sent food and clothing to their family members in the army. As the war went on, and the men were away for longer periods, there was less to send. The Union navy blockaded Southern ports to stop ships from bringing in supplies. From ncpedia.org
Food eaten by soldiers during the Civil War. Food items included rice, peas, beans, dried fruit, potatoes, molasses, salted pork, vinegar, and salt. From civilwar.com
Meats included the ever popular pork, especially in the South and West; beef, especially in corned beef; turkey and chicken; and lamb or mutton, generally in the Northeast and Southwest. Northerners liked Irish potatoes, while Southerners preferred sweet potatoes. From historycentral.com
SHOCKING CIVIL WAR FOODS AMERICAN SOLDIERS HAD TO EAT FOR …
Jul 25, 2019 Battlefield vendors selling butter, lobsters, and packages from home filled with sweet treats offered soldiers a glimpse of food beyond the campfire. From soyummy.com
WHAT THEY ATE, HOW THEY FOUGHT - AMERICAN BATTLEFIELD TRUST
Oct 9, 2013 During the Civil War, advancements in food storage were made manifest in these boxes of stiff, chalky “hardtack” biscuits (known to soldiers as “teeth-dullers,” “sheet-iron crackers,” or “worm-castles”) and dehydrated vegetable sheets known commonly as “desecrated vegetables.” (Library of Congress) From battlefields.org
CIVIL WAR COOKING: WHAT THE UNION SOLDIERS ATE | STORIES | PBS FOOD
Sep 21, 2012 The biggest culinary problem during the Civil War, for both the North and the South, was inexperience. Men of this time were accustomed to the women of the house, or female slaves, preparing... From pbs.org
The Civil War required complex logistics in order to feed the massive numbers of soldiers in the Union and Confederate armies. The task could fall to the respective national governments or on the individual states that recruited, raised, and equipped the regiments and batteries. From en.wikipedia.org
WHAT FOOD DID CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS EAT - CIVIL WAR ACADEMY
Soldiers were given Civil War food rations in three-day allotments; before a march or battle, they cooked their raw food so that they could carry it with them. A canvas haversack with a removable lining was used to carry Civil War food on the move. From civilwaracademy.com
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