The Food That Fueled the Civil War and Built America
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- čas přidán 3. 07. 2024
- Did you know some of the same foods that we consume today had their origins in companies dating back to the Civil War? Immediately after the Civil War, during the period of the Industrial Revolution, many of the iconic brands that we know of and purchase in supermarkets and grocery stores began as simple ideas from individuals with dreams of making products that had a lasting impact on our society. We hope you can join us as we explore the history of some of your favorite food and drinks and their legacies on today’s world markets.
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Obviously a great deal research and effort went into this presentation, until now I never knew when went into feeding and producing the products to keep the army on the move. Thanks for posting. Bravo Zulu.
Wow, this guy provides such an important, factual explanation of such a key matter! Who ever knew what hardtack or salt pork was? Thanks.
My ancestor, Billy Strong, led mule train for Bull Nelson.
Something you don't think about much.. But is/was extremely important for these armies to exist... To think about the logistics for the armies on a march... really makes you appreciate this all the more on how important the quarter master dept was..
I have dug up lead soldered cans from the Civil War.
One sardine can was opened with a knife and another was opened with a square nail.
Second Battle of Corinth, Mississippi.1862
Yikes. Lead solder in food cans. In the 1970's I used to solder copper pipes with lead for drinking water. The bad old days.
Almost everything in this presentation was something I knew nothing about. Thanks for sharing.
I love food history!
$1 billion for food seems a mite high, given that in 1860 the entire US federal government budget was $63.1 million.
I think the government, or Republicans went into debt and created the popular income tax during this time. Don't worry rich folks didn't have to chip in. The more things change the more they stay the same.
I could be mistaken about some of this. But I believe whoever invented Quaker Oats also developed cornflakes. Prior to that it was a muffin which was classified as a fruit bar. Because he was looking for a fast efficient way to give his patients all the vitamins minerals protein the body needs to function at its best
Also bland food to prevent sexual urges
Oats, said Samuel Johnson, composer of the first dictionary, is what feeds horses in England and people in Scotland.
He preceeded Kellog by over a hundred years.
Oatmeal, or as we say porridge, has been eaten since before Roman times.
Very Interesting!
I think I found a new world strongest man challenge pulling the wagon on rough terrain
That is very interesting. So many animals!
The Union army was fortunate in that General Grant had served as quartermaster 4th infantry in the Mexican =American War in the 1840s
So he knew the needs of the armies in 1863=1864 and reorganized the routing of these stores,everything from shoes to weapons to lothes and ambulances. And this worked well see "Grant" by Ron Chernow a good read.
Amateurs talk tactics, professionals talk logistics!
Necco candy wafers were in the Civil War soldiers bags. Great amounts of goober peas were consumed by southern soldiers.
Not a well talked about topic! Thanks for the video, Will and Team!
20:38 - It also contained cocaine before that became illegal.
22;54 - Bought the friendship of millions of European kids after another war.
Good info, thank you. Sustenance.
11:20 C-vitamins, Apples, lemons and cabbage
In 2022, 22.1 million full- and part-time jobs were related to the agricultural and food sectors-10.4 percent of total U.S. employment. Not 20%
Tin was not steel - it is pure tin as in pewter and not cheep - today tin is about 6$ a lb - not cheep but highly reusable melting at 360 degrees.
How did they git the grain out of the wagons?
Ah, I love logistics.
I was going to say Water.
What about clothes. ?How was that replacement done?
Coffee saving lives on the battlefield isn't right but it probably saved more lives than anything else
Why didn’t they use horses? To do the wagon hauling?
So horses weren't as good as pulling loads mules are just better and example is if you put a pack on a horse when it goes around a tree it will only step out enough to get around the tree but the pack gets caught a mule will do that a few times then learn to make a wider step they are also more shore footed and less likely to fall and generally have better health donkeys are indestructible but had to train and small but mules are not brave and can be rough when pulling loads so that's why horses were used to pull artillery and ambulances and generally not ridden tho the confederates had a unit of mounted infantry on mules (mounted infantry would ride to battle get off the horses and fight like any other infantry and were armed like infantry so no sabers and carbines)
200 50 million Hershey bars not so impressive, lòok into the orphanage, that's impressive i eat a lot of Hershey bars
Unfortunately your facts are a little old. The food and related industry are only 5.6% of our economy: Agriculture, food, and related industries contributed roughly $1.530 trillion to U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023, a 5.6-percent share. The output of America's farms contributed $203.5 billion of this sum-about 0.7 percent of U.S. GDP.