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Vladislav Tregubov HW #2: Food and Coffee in the Civil War

Coffee: the finest organic suspension ever devised. It’s got me through the worst of the last three years. Kathryn Janeway (Star Trek: Voyager, “Hunters”) It was very interesting to read about the soldiers’ diet during the Civil War because I … Continue reading

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Jasmin Luna H.W #2: Food and Coffee in the Civil War

What I found interesting and surprising at the same time about the diet Civil war soldiers carried every day was that the essential thing in their diet was mainly coffee. They relied on coffee as a pre and post-war ideal … 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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