The Art of Army Cooking
The art of cooking was a skill that many learned, but few mastered. Leander Stillwell provides us with a glimpse of Civil War delicacies.
from The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861 - 1865 , 1920
Letters Home: Selected Civil War Drawings by Charles Wellington Reed
Charles Reed often illustrated his letters to his mother and sister with drawings that depicted the mundane and tedious life of an artilleryman.
from The Charles Wellington Reed Papers (Library of Congress)