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Beef - To Hash Beef | Receipts of the Blue Gray (from The Virginia Housewife by Mary Randolph, 1860) Ingredients: sliced raw beef a clove of garlic pepper and salt butter brown flour Instructions: 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
150th Anniversary: Death of Bloody Bill Anderson Mid-afternoon on this date, guerrilla captain William T Anderson was ambushed and killed by Missouri militia in Ray county, Missouri Formerly a lieutenant under Capt William C Quantrill, he broke from his superior and asserted his own authority in the spring of '64 Admired and respected by
Catlin - Surgical Instrument | Medical Terms The Catlin (also known as catling or interosseous knife) is a double-bladed surgical knife which was used to cut the tissue between two adjacent bones during a resection or amputation operation The muscles, vessels, and nerves lodged in the interosseous spaces still remain to be cut; their
Take Me To The Water: River Baptisms | Mid-19th Century Life I absolutely LOVE seeing old pictures of river baptisms They are beautiful to me I know it's a practice and folk tradition Baptist of all - white and black -- and usually perform in rivers, bayous, and lakes Immersion baptism, understood as demanding total submersion of the body, is
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
Authentic - Hospital Ginger Bread | Foods Recipes In the war Gingerbread was considered a major comfort food and was given to soldiers in the hospitals as a way to better their spirits and there were lots of stories about "Hospital Ginger Bread" when the wounded warriors return to action or back home Here is a recipe of 12 year old Josephine
Dixie Corn Dodgers and No-Flour Camp Corn Bread Coarse, gritty and full of corn flavor, Dixie Corn Dodgers are bone fide camp fare Whether cooked over a campfire or over an electric burner of a stove, they are good solid sustenance Dixie Corn Dodgers 2 cups cornmeal 1 2 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons baking powder 2 tablespoons melted
Sultana Survivor Ann Annis - American Civil War Forums Gosh Met poor Ann while just reading about the ill-fated, overloaded, floating tragedy waiting to happen You tend to think of the victims as soldiers, mostly ex war prisoners being routed home after the worst experiences of their lives- to date We forget the schmoes greedily counting dollars