Grade Range: 5-12Resource Type(s): Primary Source, ArtifactsDate Posted: 12/22/2010
A match safe, lantern, frying pan, and cup would have been part of a soldier’s equipment. Hardtack is the name given to a thick cracker made of flour, water, and sometimes salt.
Museum education
George Washington's well-appointed personal camp chest, or "mess kit," enabled him to dine in a m...
Civil War, utensils, soldier, food, secession, America, mess, Confederate States of America, Camp, slavery, states’ rights, states rights, Confederacy, Union, camp, Confederate, equipment, sectional crisis, hardtack, Civil
Fleishman's depiction of the first Civil War battle relies on individual voices to give a human f...
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