Object Details
- Description
- Coffee was among both Union and Confederate soldiers' mess kits. Unlike other edibles in the kit, soldiers always looked forward to coffee. Although Union soldiers were issued green coffee beans, they were able roast them over a fire and grind them with the butt of their rifle. Confederates usually had to add or substitute roasted corn, chicory, or peanuts in their coffee due to scarce supplies caused by Union blockades at Southern ports.
- 1860s
- ID Number
- AF.58175M
- accession number
- 206541
- catalog number
- 58175M
- Object Name
- bag
- sack
- ration
- coffee
- place made
- United States
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Food
- Civil War
- Military
- Exhibition
- Price of Freedom
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Civil War
- Beverages
- Record ID
- nmah_1429643
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-a75a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
