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Civil War Cooking: Colonel Bartlett’s Dinner with the 49th Massachusetts

Posted on November 28, 2020 by Sarah Kay Bierle

“I invited George Wheatland (of Salem), Major of the Forty-eighth, to dine with me this evening. We dine at six. I gave him a very good dinner. We used the new mess pail; just right for three. I had a … Continue reading →

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Civil War Cooking: Miss Caskie’s Cake at General Lee’s Headquarters

Posted on November 25, 2020 by Sarah Kay Bierle

“You must thank Miss Norvell for her nice cake. I . . . assembled all the young gentlemen around it & though I told them it was a present from a beautiful young lady, they did not leave a crumb.” … Continue reading →

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Civil War Cooking: Officers’ Mess Breakfast with the 61st New York

Posted on November 25, 2020 by Sarah Kay Bierle

After the Army of the Potomac fell back from the gates of Richmond during the Peninsula Campaign of 1862, it settled around Harrison Landing on the James River. Here, the soldiers and officers in blue waited through the blazing summer … Continue reading →

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Civil War Cookin’: Jefferson Davis Pie

Posted on November 22, 2017 by Sarah Kay Bierle

Wednesday before Thanksgiving is always pie baking day at my house. When I open our 1952 edition of Irma Rombauer’s Joy of Cooking and turn to the pumpkin pie recipe, another recipe title catches my eye: Jefferson Davis Pie. I … Continue reading →

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