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29
Jan

What is Hardtack and How is it Made?

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Hardtack (also known as pilot bread, ship’s biscuit, shipbiscuit, sea biscuit, sea bread or pejoratively as dog biscuits, tooth dullers, sheet ironor molar breakers.) The name hardtack has its origins from the British sailor slang for food, i.e. “tack”. And since the cracker is as hard as a rock, its name became hard tack (i.e. hard food.)

So what exactly is this cracker that is as hard as a rock? Read the rest of this entry »

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15
Oct

The Battle of Antietam Creek

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Antietam was the bloodiest day of the American Civil War and one of the bloodiest days of any war. In memory of that event, Warde Ford performs the Battle of Antietam Creek ballad.

The video below plays the Battle of Antietam Creek while showing a slideshow of actual images that were taken of the area and the troops involved in the battle - both living and dead.

Learn more about the Battle of Antietam with The Civil War Battle of Antietam Collection CD

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