Lemon sucker

[gary]

Hi,

When I was in Vincennes for the 224th Anniversary of George Rogers Clark's capture of Fort Sackville from "Hair buyer" Col. Hamilton(American Revolutionary War), I had some hand shaken lemonade that was delicious. Later told that it was probably made with Meyers Lemons.

Were these the type of lemons (non-sour) that Jackson was always sucking on? M-T mines wanna no.

[mobile_96]

The lemon sucking Jackson is a myth. He actually prefered Persimmons.
In most books that refer to Jackson and his lemon sucking they seem to all use the same source. Richard Taylor's Destruction and Reconstruction.
It seems that Jackson and his men had captured a Union suppy train, with at least 1 wagon carrying fresh fruits. After Jackson had helped distribute the fruit to his men, he found there were only lemons left and helped himself to one. And as he did so, Richard Taylor rode up. This incident was added to Taylor's diary and became the basis of the 'Jackson loving lemons' story.
Chuck in Il.

[gary]

Read quite a bit about persimmons so thank you Charles.

Gary

Hmmmmm interesting. I learn something new.

YMOS
tommy

[traveller]

I read that he had a preference for peaches, but lemons were easier to come by and stored better. I believe "Old Jack" had many quirks, his strange diet being only one.