Monthly Archives: October 2017

HW#2 Food and Coffee in the Civil War

After reading the articles about soldier’s diets during the civil war, it led me into a deeper thought what type of food was provided to the soldiers during that time. Solders did not know how to cook and they were … Continue reading

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Adam Ahmed : Food and coffee in the civil war

The civil war era hardtack it was the army’s primary cracker. For both the North and the South. The army use to love that kind of stuff because it was very simple to made and inexpensive to produce it only … Continue reading

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HW #2: Food and Coffee in the Civil War

It is obvious the war was very difficult for the soldiers, especially with what can be provided as food. Food is what brings comfort to people especially those in dire circumstances such as war. For those men to not have … Continue reading

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HW #2: Food and Coffee in the Civil War

After reading the articles of the soldiers in the civil war, the most fascinating thing about Civil War soldier’s diet is how they could stand with only the small amounts of meat, coffee and hardtack. I can imagine how important … Continue reading

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HW #2: My reaction toward the civil war soldiers life

After reading and watching sources about the diet of civil war soldier I was able to have a deeper understanding of the life of a soldier during the period of harsh food sources and lack of people with cooking skills. … Continue reading

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hw # 2

  The most fascinating thing in my opinion is not their diet, but it’s how the concept of cooking to them was such a challenge. It says that they were accustomed to the women or the slave in the house … Continue reading

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Midterm Exam: Short List and Terminology

I have posted the short list for the midterm exam under Class Downloads/Slide Lists. Any image you see on the midterm will be taken from this list. Please take time to review the Exam Format for the midterm. The exam … Continue reading

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HW #2: Food and Coffee in the Civil War

If you had a choice, which would you give up? Food? Or coffee? After looking at photography of the Civil War, we are reminded of the difficulties of producing photographs during war, especially with the wet-plate collodion process. To help … Continue reading

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