Daily Life in Civil War AmericaGreenwood Press, 1998 - Всего страниц: 321
This engaging history also provides interesting details such as: what the slaves' and the freed black men and women's lives were like; how the soldiers obtained their food; how recipes were changed to accommodate food shortages; the popular books and magazines of the time; and how clothing and fashion were affected by the war. The ideas and ideals which brought about the crisis are discussed and period writings are included to provide great insight into the mindset of the time. This volume is enhanced by period photographs, lithographs and original art work, much of which has never before appeared in print. |
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... salt horse . " No effort was made to comply with dietary restrictions due to individual medical or religious ... Salt pork was easy to make and had been used since colonial times as a mainstay of the diet for soldiers and sailors . Salt ...
... Salt and Life . Salt was as indispensable to an army as gunpowder . Be- sides its use in preserving foods , heavy doses of salt were needed to maintain the health of horses and in tanning leather for shoes , saddles , belts , and ...
... salt for decades . More than 9 million barrels of salt , worth in excess of $ 30 million , were produced in New York in 1862 alone . The captured saltworks of the Kanawha River Valley in Virginia were also important to federal forces ...
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