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Beef - To Hash Beef | Receipts of the Blue Gray Cut slices of raw beef, put them in a stew pan with a little water, some catsup, a clove of garlic, pepper and salt, stew them until done, thicken the gravy with a lump of butter rubbed into brown flour A hash may be made of any kind of meat that has been cooked, but it is not so good, and it is necessary to have a gravy prepared and seasoned, and keep the hash over the fire only a few
Rutabagas Part I | Foods Recipes | American Civil War Forums Rutabagas were introduced to America in the early 19th century with reports of rutabaga crops in Illinois in 1817 In the United States, rutabagas are eaten as part of stews or casseroles, served with mashed carrots or potatoes They are frequently found in the New England boiled dinner which
How the Southern Belle became the Confederate Woman In reading for a thread on Texas women in the Civil War, I came across a quote about how the Southern belle icon was transformed into something different, The Confederate Woman Since the influence of professional historians is often a topic of discussion, it seemed interesting to see what they
Lee - War Chicken | Famous People of the Late Unpleasantness General Lee's chicken In 1862, a Virginia farmer gave Robert E Lee a flock of chickens Confederate General John Bell Hood 's men ate all of them—except for one, who had survived by making her roost in a tree overhanging Lee's tent Lee took a liking to the chicken He named her "Nellie" and raised the flap of his tent so she could come and go as she pleased She began laying eggs nearly
God bless the Women of the South. | Civil War Potpourri "One long night and the following day in December, 1863, a boy picket stood out in the bitter cold watching Jacob's ford on the Rapidan There was near to his right a home on the overlooking hill, evidently once a prosperous, happy home, but now a very 'bleak house,' all desolate and shorn by
Stonewall - American Civil War Forums I'm not so sure about that These are his entire last words Order A P Hill to prepare for action! Pass the infantry to the front rapidly! Tell Major Hawks"—then stopped, leaving the sentence unfinished Presently a smile of ineffable sweetness spread itself over his pale face, and he said quietly, and with an expression, as if of relief, "Let us cross over the river, and rest under the
Who We Were, Occupations Before The Uniform There was an ' Occupations ' thread I'd started in Ladies Tea on the grounds that our era women encountered tradesmen in the course of everyday life, be great to see who It's only recently occurred to me that these same photos were most probably men who later put on different uniforms- the