they would eat hard bread and break it between each other
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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.
green beans and mashed potatoes
When they had something to eat, they ate it in the trench in the mud and freezing water up to their waists in many cases.
they ate rice and dry meat they drank water
The office of war information advised citizens to eat less during the war in order to conserve food for soldiers.
Whatever they could find to eat- including rats.
They ate horses, dogs, cats, rats, and shoe leather.
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.
There is no evidence that people in the North ate horse meat during the US Civil War. In Vicksburg, Mississippi, however, the city was laid to siege by Union forces. There was little food left in the city and horse meat was eaten to keep the people alive.
A siege was something that was long term. Sometimes they lasted days or months, so a person wouldn't hide in a siege since they had to live, eat, sleep and do other things in that time.
The Union's forces ate horses, dogs, and anything else that they could find, including mice.
The soldiers mainly ate tack, a hard, dry piece of bread. They also ate dried meat.
One of the main tactics used during a siege is to cut off supplies to the occupants and destroy their crops, or to basically starve them out. After the siege, the castle would need to resupply. Part of their recovery would be to buy, barter, or sometimes even beg for new stock from the nearby markets and neighbors.
It was when Jerusalem was under siege in 70 C.E..
The siege of Vicksburg ended when the Confederate Forces ran out of food. "First we ate the cows. Then we ate the horses. Then we ate the mules. Then we ate the dogs. Then we ate the cats. Then we ate the rats. When there was nothing else to eat we went hungry. Finally we surrendered." The Union forces captured Vicksburg. 40,000 Confederate solders surrendered. The Mississippi River was opened for Union sipping from Illinois to New Orleans. It became difficult to supply Confederate Armies east of the Mississippi River with supplies and livestock from west of the Mississippi. The Union Army did not need to defeat the Confederate Army west of the Mississippi but it only needed to prevent it from sending supplies east of the Mississippi. As a result, the Union Army could concentrate its forces east of the Mississippi.
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I know that chickens can walk and u can eat them