Rebel Private Sam Watkins Gets a Special Meal

Complicity

Banned
Joined
Jul 8, 2013
While the army was preparing fortifications they would never use at Chattanooga, Sam’s father paid a visit. The soldiers were living on parched corn. Since Sam was ashamed to offer such a meal, he introduced his Dad to the regimental commander, Colonel Feilds. He hoped Feilds would invite father-and-son to share provisions set aside for the officers. The Colonel said,

“I am glad to make the acquaintance of your father and invite you…to take dinner with me.”

Shortly thereafter, an African-American cook dumped a frying pan full of parched corn on an oil cloth and announced,

'Master, dinner ready.' That was all [Feilds] had. He was living like ourselves – on parched corn.

 
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