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Beef - To Hash Beef | Receipts of the Blue Gray - American Civil War . . . (from The Virginia Housewife by Mary Randolph, 1860) Ingredients: sliced raw beef a clove of garlic pepper and salt butter brown flour Instructions: Cut slices of raw beef, put them in a stew pan with a little water, some catsup, a clove of garlic, pepper and salt, stew them until done
150 Years Ago Today - A Knock on Rev. A. D. Gillettes Front Door. . . The Reverend Doctor Abram Dunn Gillette was greatly puzzled On the afternoon of July 6 (1865), Assistant Secretary of War Thomas T Eckert arrived at Dr Gillette's front door in a carriage and asked the pastor of Washington's First Baptist Church to attend to the doomed conspirators at the Arsenal
Frank James 1851 Navy Colt | Small Arms Ammunition Thanks Tumbleweed for the post It got me wondering why the Navy, in 36 caliber, was so popular, when the Army model in 44 caliber had better knock-down power? (me, being a member of the "bigger is better" shooter's club)
150th Anniversary: Death of Bloody Bill Anderson Tumbleweed said: Champ's wife must have been one tough lady to make a saucy remark to armed and dangerous men although I have read that for the most part most men would not harm a woman (I've read that if one of William Quantrill's men so much as back talked a woman he killed them )
History Lemon Custard Pie, a favorite of Abraham Lincoln This story could also be posted in the Abraham Lincoln forum But because I will post the recipe, decided to post in Food Forum In an article dated November 19, 1913, a Mrs Nancy Breedlove was reported as giving a Lincoln party at her home in Owosso, Michigan At this party she was serving
Take Me To The Water: River Baptisms | Mid-19th Century Life Immersion baptism, understood as demanding total submersion of the body, is required by Baptists, as enunciated in the 1689 Baptist Catechism: "Baptism is rightly administered by immersion, or dipping the whole body of the person in water, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit", indicating that the whole body must be immersed, not just the head
Sultana Survivor Ann Annis | Ladies Tea - War from a Feminine Perspective Gosh Met poor Ann while just reading about the ill-fated, overloaded, floating tragedy waiting to happen You tend to think of the victims as soldiers, mostly ex war prisoners being routed home after the worst experiences of their lives- to date We forget the schmoes greedily counting dollars
How the Southern Belle became the Confederate Woman In reading for a thread on Texas women in the Civil War, I came across a quote about how the Southern belle icon was transformed into something different, The Confederate Woman Since the influence of professional historians is often a topic of discussion, it seemed interesting to see what they
Catlin - Surgical Instrument | Medical Terms - American Civil War Forums The above surgical instruments are generally called liston knives which are named after the well known Scottish surgeon Robert Liston who had the nickname as the "fastest knife in the West End of London" He developed these surgical knives as a means of amputating limbs of a patient in a very quick and efficient manner in order for the patient to feel as less pain as humanly possible
New image shows Billy the Kid playing croquet I'm looking forward to "Kevin Costner will narrate and produce the two-hour documentary for National Geographic Channel, covering Western Americana enthusiast Randy Guijarro’ s odyssey to authenticate this unique photograph