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The Food of Company D

7/5/2017

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By 1st Sgt. Koepp

     This is an ongoing project of mine.  In an effort to support our company cook with research for menu inspiration and general knowledge, I thought I would publish my current list.  These items are taken directly from James Matthews' accounts in the book "Soldiers in Green."  As this work progresses, I'll be adding more information from other Sharpshooter units as I get to them.  Some reenactors pride themselves on eating period correct foods and we're no exception.  In an effort to move beyond the typical use of generic rations, we also want to indulge in what was actually documented.  Too many reenactors forget or ignore just how ingenious soldiers were at the time at either procuring food or preparing it.  Soldiers took many opportunities to improve not only their camp life but also their otherwise bland diet.

  1. baked beans (very common)
  2. mutton (forage)
  3. blackberries (forage)
  4. chicken (forage)
  5. vegetable soup
  6. stewed beans
  7. baked beef
  8. hard tack
  9. custard (made in field made oven in camp)
  10. chicken soup
  11. eggs
  12. potatoes
  13. pickles
  14. biscuits
  15. soft bread
  16. coffee
  17. salt pork
  18. persimmons (forage)
  19. corn (forage)
  20. corn meal pudding (made by processing foraged corn)
  21. tripe (leftovers from a sutler with too much to carry)
  22. oysters
  23. clams (collected and cooked but too tough to enjoy)
  24. fried turkey and chicken
  25. baked pig
  26. onions
  27. sausage
  28. apple sauce
  29. tea
  30. molasses and bread (as meals in hospital)
  31. hash
  32. bread pudding (hospital)
  33. fish (hospital) -
  34. Hardtack bread pudding





















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    Manuals and Guides
    • 1861 Regulations for the Uniform and Dress of the Army of the United States.
    • ​1861 Regulations for the Army of the United States
    • 1861 Ordnance Manual
    • A System of Target Practice
    • ​Beadles  Military Handbook
    • Handbook for Active Service 1861
    • 1852 Bayonet Exercise
    • The Company Clerk

    Original Documents:
    • Form 9a
    • Form No. 10 (c) Abstract of Expenditures

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    • Silas' Reenacting Links
    • ​Archived Rockland Maine Newspapers

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