ARTH1100 History of Photography S2017

After reading both articles, I was able to think about soldier’s life and how hard it is for them to fight without a good nutrition. As we already know, food is an important part of our life and we can not live without food. Soldier’s during the Civil war did not have a good nutrition, even thought “The Sanitary” need to provide food for them and take care of their food as a top priority.

I found so interesting, that “The Sanitary” need to look for the food that were available during each season and also that they need to preserves the food for the soldier’s. Also, something that found very interesting is that ” Nobody can soldier without coffee”, because in today world the majority of the people consider coffee very important or the major drug to be awake the whole day. Is increible to see how powerful the coffee can be for every in order to get enough energy in the day.

  I can live without mangu or plantains. Is my favorite food and I need to eat this at least one day during the week.

Both articles were very detailed on Civil war soldiers’ difficulties. It’s hard for anyone to live the life they lived. Fighting in cold and not having enough to feed themselves or having uncooked, hard or not cooked at all food.  Only the soldiers can understand the difficulties and hardships they went through. Diet is very important for fighting soldiers in coldwinter war yet that was one of the main things they were unable to have. They were not eating to feed themselves rather to survive. It’s fascinating for me that union soldiers used anything they could find to turn it into something eatable. I think when you are not given the choice to eat your favorite food but the choice to either live or die….you cant think of anything but to live as long as can and do the work such as fight in war. Their lives can only be written, explained, analyzed but can never be felt of how soldiers felt back in civil war in cold winter. One thing find hard to live without is brown bread….

After reading both articles, what I find most fascinating was how dependent soldiers were on coffee. Coffee fueled them to fight these wars and most times it was given to them right before a battle or after the battle occurred. I also found it fascinating that the soldiers used hardtack which is basically a hard biscuit, to increase shelf life while they were on the fields. The Civil War Soldier’s diet mainly consisted of stew with some coffee. Most soldiers got sick from food that was not cooked properly or under-cooked. Their diet was the most important part of the war which is why many believe that they used the caffeine from the coffee to prepare them for the war. Many of the union soldiers used anything to make coffee such as mud and liquids that horses wouldn’t even drink because they were very dependent on it. The food I can’t live without is grapes because I think they are very delicious.

Soldiers are the hero in everybody’s mind because they had gone through the hardship of battle and devoted their whole life to bring the freedom to the people and country. After I read the article, I found the fascinating about the hardtack which are made by flour, salt and water. It can be kept for a long time and it also provided the energy to the soldiers for days. sometimes, I throw away food which I don’t like. By comparing the food soldiers ate during war, I realized that I should cherish the food and don’t waste them anymore. I also found another fascinating that coffee was the important support for soldier during the war. Coffee contain a chemical matter “caffeine” that help and decrease soldiers who suffer in the pain from the war. Therefore, I think that coffee and hardtack are significant things for soldiers live during the battle because they can’t live without them. It is similar that I can’t live without the fruits because it provides the energy and vitamin for me in the day.

What I found fascinating about the articles was that soldiers at that time of war were dependent on coffee. They would drink it before and after marches, during their patrol and during battle. It seemed that from a soldier’s diet the most important thing for them was coffee. It was the last thing soldiers enjoyed before fighting in battle and the first sign of safety for those who survived. Coffee would be one of the things that the soldiers would talk about and drink before going to sleep. A civil war soldier would eat pretty much whatever food available which was needed for survival. Soldiers would also get sick because of the unsanitary food preparation so better cooking techniques were implemented to make for a better cooked meal. Soldiers from both sides also consumed hard tack which was a type of biscuit made from flour and water to prevent hunger.

The civil war was an egregious time for both sides of the war as there were many casualties and constant warfare. Although the diet of coffee and hard tack was especially interesting as it allowed the union soldiers to stay alert and aware during the ongoing hours of the battle. And overall from both articles, it is suffice to say that the supplement of coffee on the union side was a definite advantage to keeping the soldiers energized rather than the beet stews that the confederate soldiers had.  Yet it is also interesting to see that the union soldiers had made coffee with almost anything considering they used pond water, mud, or even liquids horses wouldn’t even drink to stay alive and awake throughout the war. In my case I cannot live without eating is pineapples, it’s my favorite fruit and it does a lot to keep me enthralled in it’s sweet sometimes sour taste.