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Civilian's Gazette
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CIVILIANS’ GAZETTE
Editor: Lynda Jaharis November 2003 Volume 7 Issue 1
Signed editorials and letters are the views of the author, and
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opinions of the
American Civil War Society.
Index: [Civilian Corps Staff] [2004 Schedule] [From The Editor] [Upcoming Events] [Mothers of Invention] [Recipes of the Civil War] [Books] [Websites] [Oh, What A Ball]
| Director | Lynda Jaharis |
| Asst. Director | |
| Hospital Coordinator | Catherine Elliott |
| Ladies’ Tea Hostess | Nina Mason |
| Cadet Corps Leader | Dennis O’Connell |
| Young Ladies’ Hostess | Athena Jaharis |
| Fashion Show | Andralee Hayes |
| Constable | Jose Fernandez |
| Brass Band Leader | David Powell |
| Dance Caller | Tom Atkins |
| Band | Occasional Strings |
| Children’s Corner | |
| Swap Meet | Shelley Peters |
| Chaplain Coordinator | Roger Hurley |
| Christmas Ball | Marion Weiler |
| Photographer | Barbara Nobles |
| Sutler Coordinator | Tom Osterdock |
| Class Coordinator | |
| Fundraising Coordinator | |
| Benevolent Relief Society | Tiffany Williams |
Welcome back to all of you American Civil War Society Civilians. As many of you already know our fearless Civilian Director Linda Hill has stepped down. I don’t know what we all would have with out her. She has done so much for the Civilian Corps, I won’t even begin to try and fill her shoes. Thank you Linda for all the many hours & hours you have put into the Civilian Corps.
The coming year promises to be busy and fun. There are so many events scheduled I’m sure there will be something for everyone. At each event I would like to have a Civilian Corps meeting so that we can all get to know each other and have some fun. There is so much going on with our Civilian Corps at we all need to be kept up to date.
As you will see in this month’s newsletter Calico is going to be a busy event and if anyone would like to help with something during the weekend just find me. Also we will need the participation of everyone for the dance and lyceum, the success of both of these activities is based on your attendance.
Anyone who would like to showcase their talents at the lyceum should let me know as soon as possible. Please contact me if you have any news or articles you would like to share with the rest of us.
Thank you for being a part of the ACWS Civilian Corps
Lynda Jaharis
(858) 755-8274
[email protected]
Mothers
of Invention
By Drew Gilpin Faust
Many sources about the Civil War focus on facts and dates, forgetting the human side of the war. This book takes a look at the issues women of the South faced during the Civil War. The book is divided into eleven chapters, each dealing with one aspect of civilian life that is important to how women lived.
One chapter deals with the new environment women faced after the war began. Faust describes how women no longer had men to depend on; she says that they found themselves alone. The points made in the book are support by many letters, memoirs and diary excerpts.
I found the chapter about reading and writing interesting because it conveys how many women tried to find refuge in books. The book was well researched and has a large bibliography as well as pages of notes on the sources. After reading this book I found some of the books cited in the appendix and used them to further research women’s education.
I would recommend reading this book for the subject that isn’t found often. Each chapter, although full of information, made me want to know more and the bibliography allowed me to find just the information I was looking for.
RECIPES of the CIVIL WAR
By Miss Athena Jaharis
In the spirit of spring here are several recipes from the Civil War era. If they are good maybe you could bring some to share at the Ladies’ Tea.
19th C.
CAKE RECIPES
from Godey's Lady's Book, 1860.
LEMON CAKE
Beat six eggs, the yolks and whites separately, till in a solid froth; add to the yolks the grated rind of a fine lemon and six ounces of sugar dried and sifted; beat this a quarter of an hour; shake in with the left hand six ounces of dried flour; then add the whites of the eggs and the juice of the lemon; when these are well beaten in, put it immediately into tins, and bake it about an hour in a moderately hot oven.
SEED CAKE
Beat one pound of butter to a cream, adding gradually a quarter of a pound of sifted sugar, beating both together; have ready the yolks of eighteen eggs, and the whites of ten, beaten separately; mix in the whites first, and then the yolks, and beat the whole for ten minutes; add two grated nutmegs, one pound and a half of flour, and mix them very gradually with the other ingredients; when the oven is ready, beat in three ounces of picked caraway-seeds. (http://www.victoriana.com/library/cake.html)
Reenacting requires the authentic representation of people affected by the Civil War. In the research I do I come across interesting and informative books that might be of use to others. So I would like to see if we might be able to get a column going that reviews a book. If anyone has recently read a book that they would like to share they can send a brief review of in to me so that I can include it in the newsletter. I hope that some of you think this is a good idea and can find something to contribute.
Athena Jaharis ([email protected])
In an effort to share information I would like to start a section of the newsletter where interesting websites can be found. If any one finds a web site that they would like to have printed here so other people can learn from them please send me and e-mail.
Miss Athena Jaharis([email protected])
The Civil War in Richmond http://www.mdgorman.com/
This website has primary sources that relate to Richmond during the Civil War. There are newspaper excerpt from throughout the war as well as business directories with the addresses of businesses.
The website is mainly intended for research and has lists and details about the hospitals and prisons in the area. Besides written sources there are pictures of Richmond and the rest of the South broken down into categories.
Teen Re-enactors and Historians http://rehisteens.tripod.com/
This is a web site I’ve been visiting for quite some time. There are links to other helpful pages and a message board where one can talk about issues related to reenacting. The visitors are very historic minded and helpful.
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