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Pennsylvania Dutch Meals of the Civil War Period

| February 13, 2011

A previous post on this topic gave some Pennsylvania Dutch words which were used to describe some basic foods which were common during the Civil War period.  This post includes some of the Pennsylvania Dutch words used to name meals, food combinations in recipes, and finally, will give some of the recipes. As before, the […]

Corp. John C. Gratz – Fever Victim

| December 14, 2010

(Part 1 of 4). Corp. John C. Gratz died on 26 (or 25) January 1862 at Camp Northumberland, Virginia, while serving as a member of Company G of the 96th Pennsylvania Infantry.   The official cause of death was an “inflammation of the brain.”  Three documents in the collection of the Gratz Historical Society record […]