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The rebels were for once eating better than the yankees. The federal troops were still eating basic army rations of bacon, hardtack, and beans, while the rebels were eating from farms scattered around the area, corn, beans, fresh fruits, and smoked ham, poultry.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoThat's actuallly a really interesting question. They probabally just ate the usual military rations ( i.e. stale bread, rotten meat, cheese, and beer.)
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∙ 10y agoConfederate food supplies ran out very quickly. The soldier and civilian population ate horses, mules, dogs, and in extreme cases, shoe leather.
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The soldiers mainly ate tack, a hard, dry piece of bread. They also ate dried meat.
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Whatever they could find to eat- including rats.
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they would eat hard bread and break it between each other
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vb
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Sounds like Confederates at the siege of Vicksburg. Could also have been the Army of the Cumberland, besieged at Chattanooga, and living on half-rations.
What did the confederacy eat during the civil war?
The soldiers mainly ate tack, a hard, dry piece of bread. They also ate dried meat.
What kind of food did the confederacy side of Chattanooga eat?
dick
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you had to eat rats and mules and live in dark caves. all the while giant explosions were going on outside forming craters closer and closer to you. I image you'd be starving too.
What did the south eat during the battle of Gettysbur?
I believe it was hardtack. It is a kind of cracker that is very hard to bite.
