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The under-cooks meanwhile were enlisted on a permanent basis, ensuring the food was properly cooked in a consistent manner. Their pay was $10 per month (minus $3 for clothing) plus one daily ration. [10] One common dish prepared by Civil War soldiers was Skillygalee, hardtack soaked in water and fried in fat.
The name is derived from "tack", the British sailor slang for food. The earliest use of the term recorded by the Oxford English Dictionary is from 1830. [3]It is known by other names including brewis (possibly a cognate with "brose"), cabin bread, pilot bread, sea biscuit, soda crackers, sea bread (as rations for sailors), ship's biscuit, and pejoratively as dog biscuits, molar breakers, sheet ...
Time-Life Books. (1995) The Civil War : a collection of U.S. commemorative stamps. Alexandria VA. ISBN 978-0-8094-9191-9. U.S. Postal Service. 1994. "Civil War: 1861, the war between the states, 1865." Worldcat. United States History Civil War, 1861–1865 on postage stamps there are thirteen entries. viewed February 13, 2013. General
The Reserve Ration was issued during the later part of World War I to feed troops who were away from a garrison or field kitchen. It originally consisted of 12 ounces (340 g) of bacon or 14 ounces (400 g) of meat (usually canned corned beef), two 8-ounce (230 g) cans of hard bread or hardtack biscuits, a packet of 1.16 ounces (33 g) of pre-ground coffee, a packet of 2.4 ounces (68 g) of ...
American Civil War prison camp survivor, author unknown (restored by Jujutacular) Andersonville Prison , by John L. Ransom (restored by Jujutacular ) John F. Reynolds , by Alfred Rudolph Waud (edited by Jujutacular and Papa Lima Whiskey )
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Largely Literary Theater Company will present "Ghosts of the Civil War: Shades of Blue and Gray" for The Wayne County Civil War Round Table program at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 16.
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