Below is an abbreviated history of everyday objects purchased during the Civil War Era. It was shared by Historian James Ayers, and taken from a 1939 Catskill Mountain News.

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Recipes from a time when Southern infrastructure was a long way from being restored, but families had to keep everyone fed.