civil war menu #1

Foods the Union soldiers ate •Meat •Loaves of bread •Butter •Dried beans •Peas •Rice (hominy) •Coffee •Tea •Sugar •Molasses •Salt and pepper p. 18 source 3

Wartime food (North) •Hardly felt effects of war •Plenty of food •Pay little money for food •Good railroads for shipping p.16 source 3

Wartime food (South) •North didn’t ship food to south •Union troops looked through south for food and supplies •Food was hard to find •Buildings and farms destroyed p.15 source 3

Foods the confederate soldiers ate •Pork •Bacon •Beef •Cornbread •Cracker (hardtack) p.18 source 3

Shortages •Common in south •Slaves ate one meal a day •Flour, corn meal were expensive •No coffee or sugar p.20 source 3