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Tag Archives: Hunger-Civil-War
“Angry Enough to Give Them Battle”: Hungry Civilians and Soldiers Fight Over Food
ECW welcomes Katie Brown to share Part 3 of her research. (Find the previous posts here.) Hunger was an omnipresent force that haunted almost everyone in Civil War America. One of the most troubling aspects of hunger was its impact … Continue reading
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Tagged civilians, food, foraging, homefront, Hunger-Civil-War, Katie Brown, starvation
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Stout Hearts: Attempting to Feed Both Civilians and Soldiers
ECW welcomes Katie Brown to share Part 2 of her research. (Find Part 1 here) “The provision blockade is nothing; we shall have wheat, corn, and beef beyond measure…,” Sergeant S.R. Cockrill of Tennessee assured a friend in June 1861, … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin Butler, civilians, food, Hunger-Civil-War, John Bell Hood, Katie Brown, morale, rations, starvation
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Hangry: Hunger in the Civil War
ECW welcomes guest author Katie Brown “As God is my witness, I’ll never be hungry again!”[1] Scarlett O’Hara’s famous declaration from Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind is one of the most well-known lines from the story and movie. It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged food, Gone with the Wind, hangry, homefront, Hunger-Civil-War, Katie Brown
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