Posted this on the GAF page also.
Ok, going to do a lecture tonight on Civil War rations in the Union Army, will do on on the Confederate Army another time.
Got my props ready, of course they wouldn't be nicely bagged up, the soldier put them in his haversack how ever he could.
First picture is garrison ration for one day.
22 oz loaf of soft bread when available.
3/4 pound of pork, either salt pork or bacon
2/3 cup dry beans or peas.
2 tablespoons vinegar.
1/3 cup sugar.
1/6 cup salt.
1.6 oz green coffee.
1 oz cube of dried and pressed vegetables if available. The commissary was out today.
These were called desicated or as the soldiers called them desicrated.
Second picture is the marching ration, no beans or vegtables were issued and 1 pound of hard bread was issued athough this was also sometimes issued in camp.
So here is your daily ration, go forth and prepare it and enjoy.