Monthly Archives: October 2019

What I found interesting about the Civil Wars Soldiers diet was the Hardtack. It was a hard nutritious piece of cracker that was also called a tooth breaker because of how hard it was to bite into it. Some thing … Continue reading →

What I find the most fascinating  about the Civil War diet was that coffee played such a huge role in the soldiers everyday. Having it be a myth or not that coffee is indeed a drink that helps wake up … Continue reading →

What I found interesting about the soldiers’ diet is the lack of food variety along with the amount of food they had. These soldiers had to go to war and all they had were small amounts of meat, coffee, and … Continue reading →

The part that I feel interesting about a soldiers diet was their unique food, hardtack. Hardtack is a big, thick cracker. The process was very easy for them, and it only required 3 main ingredients. Hardtack was very fulling for … Continue reading →

Soldiers during the war had some food issues, or ration problems, where the food was  meant to last three days while on active duty.  The meat that they had were usually salted pork or fresh beef.  The meat was boiled, … Continue reading →

What I found interesting about the soldiers food during the Civil War was the Hardtack. This is very interesting to look up because it can be preserved to last for many years and it is very simple to make. Some … Continue reading →

I honestly find the diet for the soldier during the civil war really strange. I say this because if you compare modern-day soldiers vs civil war soldier’s diet it will be day and night difference. I understand why soldiers couldn’t … Continue reading →

The most fascinating thing about a Civil War soldier’s diet is the fact that they depended on only small portions of coffee, meat, and the most surprising, hardtack. Since they were war soldiers I would have expected them getting fed … Continue reading →

 During the war, the diet of the soldiers was very interesting because of the fact while reading it, I thought about the present and how it had stated in this mini article “Union side half-jokingly believed coffee helped fuel their … Continue reading →