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Muskets and Applejack: Spirits, Soldiers, and the Civil War
By (author) Mark Will-Weber
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""I wish some of you would tell me the brand of whiskey that Grant drinks. I would like to send a barrel of it to my other generals."" - President Abraham Lincoln, when confronted about General Ulysses Grant's excessive drinking. Blood, gunfire, and whiskey: they are the three things that defined Civil War battlefields. In this fascinating, booze-drenched history of the war that almost tore America apart, historian Mark Will-Weber (author of Mint Juleps with Teddy Roosevelt) weaves together lighthearted stories of drunken generals and out-of-control soldiers with the gritty reality of battlefields where whiskey was the only medicine-and sometimes the only food. Muskets and Applejack paints a full, complex picture of the surprisingly large role alcohol played in the Civil War: how it helped heal physical and emotional wounds, form friendships, and cause strife. Interspersed between stories from the battlefield are authentic recipes of soldiers' favorite drinks-from both sides of the Mason-Dixon line.
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Publisher | Regnery Publishing Inc
Published date | 21 Sep 2017
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 320
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 0g
ISBN | 978-1-6215-7509-2
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BISAC | history / united states / civil war period (1850-1877)
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