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CW Pipe Of Dr. J R Woods 48th Mississippi Inf

Dec 11

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Here is my latest acquisition. The Civil War pipe of Dr. John Randolph Woods who was an assistant surgeon with the 44th Mississippi Inf. I really want to give a BIG THANK YOU to @lelliott19 (our resident CS Doc expert) for all her help with the info on Dr. Woods. This pipe is made of meerschaum and has the caduceus on the front, the CSA on the side and on the other Dr. J R Woods 48th Miss. Here are the photos and I'm going to let @lelliott19 do the history.

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Period Thanksgiving Recipes from Godey's Lady's Book

Nov 29

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Our (Almost Traditional) Thanksgiving Dinner
Ms Jones from California, USA [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

The below set of recipes are taken from Godey's Lady's Book in November of 1887 - it's after the Civil War, but after poking around some digital versions of mid-19th century cookbooks, most, if not all of the below were around during the Civil War. So enjoy the recipes of the contributor, Mrs. Eugene Clarke -

Thanksgiving Receipts

Oyster Soup
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Christmas At Stone's River, 1862

Dec 17

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Christmas And The Battle Of Stones River

It's too brief a story, soldiers away from home. One of those times it must have seemed a little crazy, men at whose far away hearths sat families singing these same songs, celebrating the same holiday as they had together until so short a time previously.
LoC

Washington Light Artillery were there, a few members here- would have...

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* Winstead Hill Observation Post

* Confederate General John Bell Hood's view of the Battle of Franklin

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* The Confederate General Patrick R. Cleburne Memorial (Carter Cotton Gin)

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★ ★ Buford, John

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John Buford Jr.

Born: March 4, 1826
Birthplace: Woodford County, Kentucky
Father: Colonel John Buford Sr. 1778 – 1847
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James Duke Buford 1855 – 1874

(Buried: Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Kentucky)

Pattie McDowell Duke Buford 1857 – 1863

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