A Taste For War: The Culinary History of the Blue and the Gray

"[Hardtack was] positively unsuitable fodder for anything that claims to be human...and I think it no exaggeration to say that any intelligent pig possessing the least spark of pride would have considered it a pure insult to have them put into his swill." (Wilbur Fisk, Civil War soldier). We know the uniforms they wore, the weapons they carried, and the battles they fought, but what did they eat and, of even greater curiosity, was it any good? Now, for the very first time, the food that fueled the armies of the North and the South and the soldiers' opinions of it--ranging from the sublime to just slime--is front and center in a biting, fascinating look at the Civil War as written by one of its most respected historians. There's even a comprehensive "cookbook" of actual recipes included for those intrepid enough to try a taste of the Civil War.

• Civil War Cookbook
• Civil War Recipes: Receipts from the Pages of Godey's Lady's Book
• The Civil War Soldier - His Personal Items
• How to Camp Out: Advice from a Civil War veteran
• Rebel Cornbread and Yankee Coffee
• Confederate Cookbook, The: Family Favorites from the Sons of Confederate Veterans
• Civil War Woodworking: 17 Authentic Projects for Woodworkers and Reenactors
• Don Troiani's Civil War Soldiers
• Hood's Texas Brigade: The Soldiers and Families of the Confederacy's Most Celebrated Unit (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War)
• Confederate Receipt Book: A Compilation of Over One Hundred Receipts, Adapted to the Times