Union Army Camp Cooking

Mitchell, Patricia B.

Contains documented quotations, historical background information, authentic recipes of the period, and commemorative recipes, giving the reader “a taste of” life in the Union Army. Published 1991, revised from the 1990 original edition. 31 recipes, 57 research notes, 10,598 words.

Many excerpts from diaries, journals, and letters of Union Army soldiers in the American Civil War make "Union Army Camp Cooking" an especially informative and fascinating-to-read book. In addition to the written accounts of soldiers, "Union Army Camp Cooking" presents recipes and a text which help the reader to understand what it was like to serve in the Union Army and to eat camp food (and enjoy “care packages” from home).

37 pages; 1990.