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[hoosier]

Although the Kearsarge, from outward appearances, was a wooden ship, she had chain plating, concealed by wooden planking, which enhanced her ability to withstand enemy fire.

[ivan]

"The Commander of the Kearsarge, a Southern man, by the way, resorted to a miserable trick to prevent injury to his vessel. He iron-plated her with heavy cable chains and covered the armor with a thin sheeting of plank to hide the deception."

[lorrierivette]

Kearsarge had a good battery of pivoting guns. The biggest advantage she had was a massive series of chains on her deck, originally used to protect the engine housing. They were hung over her sides during the battle at Cherbourg, thereby making her into a situational ironclad.
SouthernHeart Lorrie

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Yesterday's Question: On June 11, 1864 the USS Kearsarge sank the CSS Alabama. What secret advantage did the Kearsarge have over other ships? Thick heavy chains arranged over the side, which hung down to the waterline and were concealed by one-inch thick planking, making this vessel a secret ironclad of sorts.

Here is today's one point question:

What future general did Robert E. Lee request as his aide when Lee went to Harpers Ferry to subdue John Brown?

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[ivan]

JEB Stuart.

[raggedrebel]

James Ewell Brown Stuart

RR

[sgtabj]

JEB Stuart...

[belletraveler]

The answer is JEB Stuart.

Belle

[belletraveler]

The answer is JEB Stuart.

Belle

[connyankee]

J.E.B. Stuart

[skirmish]

J.E.B. Stuart

[hoosier]

Lee's aide was J.E.B. Stuart.

[mfscw]

J.E.B. STUART

[rienzi]

J.E.B. Stuart

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Yesterday's Question: What future general did Robert E. Lee request as his aide when Lee went to Harpers Ferry to subdue John Brown? J.E.B. Stuart

Here is today's two point question:

To prove Southerners did not despise the American flag, who walked from Vicksburg, Mississippi to Washington, D.C., carrying the American flag, without incident in 1867?

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[mfscw]

Union Sgt. Gilbert Bates, Wisconsin Heavy Artillery

[sgtabj]

Gilbert Bates (Sgt./Wisconsin Heavy Artillery)

[ivan]

Union Sgt. Gilbert Bates, Wisconsin Heavy Artillery

[raggedrebel]

Former U.S. Army Sgt. Gilbert Bates, 1st Wisconsin Heavy Arty.

RR

[lorrierivette]

To prove Southerners did not despise the American flag, who walked from Vicksburg, Mississippi to Washington, D.C., carrying the American flag, without incident in 1867?

Union Sgt. Gilbert Bates, Wisconsin Heavy Artillery

SouthernHeart Lorrie

[belletraveler]

Here's a few soup recipes:

PEA SOUP

1 pint peas
flour
milk
butter
salt
pepper
parsley
thyme

Leave 1 pint peas in the pot with the water boiled in; make a thickening of flour, milk and butter, season with salt, pepper, parsley and thyme; boil 10 minutes, and serve.

From theThe Home Manual or Economical Cook and House-Book) by Elizabeth Nicholson, 1865.

CHICKEN SOUP

1 chicken, cleaned
Flour or other thickener
salt
pepper
parsley
dumplings or noodles of cook's choice

Cut up the fowl; cut each joint, and let it boil 1 hour; then stir in thickening, pepper, salt and parsley enough to season; put in a few dumplings (made as elsewhere directed)let it boil up 1/4 hour, and serve.

From the Home Manual or Economical Cook and House-Book by Elizabeth Nicholson, 1865.

A Soup Made Quickly

2 qt. soup stock
1 onion
2 carrots
1 turnip
pepper
salt
version 1:
1/2 tsp. cloves, ground
1 c. red wine
Version 2:
1/2 c. mace
1 c. white wine

Take two quarts of soup stock, put it to boil with an onion, two carrots, and one turnip chopped fine, and season it with pepper and salt. If it is made of brown stock, add half a teaspoonful of cloves, and boil it half and hour, then add a cup of red wine, but if it is made of white stock, put in half a teaspoonful of ground mace and a cup of white wine.

From Mrs. Putnam's Receipt Book and Young Housekeeper's Assistant, New York, 1860.

A SHIN OF BEEF SOUP

1 lower leg bone of beef
1/2 white cabbage
2 turnips
3 carrots
3 onions
pepper
salt
biscuit or bread dough, shaped into 1/2 inch balls (optional)

It is better to have the beef boiled the day before the soup is wanted; if that is not convenient, have the sin cracked up well; put it to boil in five or six quarts of water, boil it five or six hours; skim it very often. Cut up very fine half a white cabbage, chop two turnips, three carrots, and three onions; put them into the soup, with pepper and salt, and boil it two hours; half an hour before serving, take out the bone and gristle. If you have some raised dough, make up a dozen little balls the size of a nutmeg, and drop them into the soup, and boil it half an hour.

From Mrs. Putnam's Receipt Book and Young Housekeeper's Assistant, New York, 1860.

ROAST VENISON SOUP

Leftovers of a roast of venison
4 qt. water
carrots
onions
pepper
salt
cloves
1/2 lb. butter
3 tbs. flour
1/2 pint red wine
toast cut in cubes, or croutons

Break up the bone; put it into the soup-pot with about four quarts of water, carrots, onions, pepper, salt, and cloves, boil it three hours, then strain it. Take half a pound of butter, braided in three spoonfuls of flour, and stir into the soup; let it boil up once; then add half a pint of red wine; cut some pieces of toasted bread in dice form, and lay in the bottom of the tureen; turn the soup on to it.

From Mrs. Putnam's Receipt Book & Young Housekeeper's Assistant, by Mrs. Putnam, 1860, New York.

GIBLET SOUP

1 scrag (neck) of veal
12 giblets of chicken, turkey or other fowl
mace
pepper
salt
2 onions
2 carrots
3 qt. water
2 tbs. flour
1/4 lb. butter
1 c. red wine

Take a scrag of veal, one dozen giblets, a little mace, pepper, salt, two onions, two carrots; put them into a pot with three quarts of water, and boil it three hours; strain the soup; cut up the gizzard and braid up the liver, put them into the soup; mix two spoonfuls of flour with a quarter of a pound of butter. Stir this into the soup with a cup of red wine, and let it boil up once.

From Mrs. Putnam's Receipt Book and Young Housekeeper's Assistant, New York, 1860.


Belle

Mike- Where do you look to see what other recipes people have posted?

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Yesterday's Question: To prove Southerners did not despise the American flag, who walked from Vicksburg, Mississippi to Washington, D.C., carrying the American flag, without incident in 1867? Union Sgt. Gilbert Bates, Wisconsin Heavy Artillery.

Here is today's one point question:

What pro-Southern governor of a border state paid $60,000 for weapons that would not fire?

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[civilwartalk]

Great recipes Belle! Now we just need to post them in the recipe guide. If you need help copying them over, let me know.

19th Century Recipe Guide
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[raggedrebel]

Beriah Magoffin of Kentucky
RR

[belletraveler]

The answer is Beriah Magoffin.

Belle