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A taste for war
the culinary history of the Blue and the Gray
By Davis, William Morris
- ISBN
- 978-0-81170-018-4
- Publisher
- Mechanicsburg, Pa. : Stackpole Books, c2003.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on June 15, 2003
Davis, a prolific and highly regarded writer on Civil War matters, sinks his teeth into a subject that is surprisingly understudied. Taking up Napoleon's observation that armies move on their stomachs, he looks at the supply, preparation, and consumption of food and drink by Civil War soldiers. The Union fared better in supplying troops with quantities of food, while Southern soldiers made do with substitutes...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
