Homework#2 (Food and Coffee in the Civil War)

According to the both articles, food and coffee was very important and essential for the soldiers during the civil war. Coffee became a part of the soldiers. Soldiers drank their coffee whenever they could, refueling themselves for the long days and nights ahead. Coffee can keep the soldiers in focus and keep them wake up during the war time. During the war time soldiers get little amount of food and taste less. “Hardtack was the union solders main source of food because it was cheap to make, easy to transport, and lasted a long time”. To eat this hard bread, solders often broke it up with a rock or rife butt and softened it by putting it in their coffee or heating it in grease. In the same way photographers had to eat hardtack and drink coffee to keep them strong and warm. The food i can’t live without is chicken and rice. It is delicious and healthy.
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