The Civil War Art of Edwin Forbes
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During the American Civil War, often both sides had to augment what they were provided with what they were able to forage from the lands that they were in… and forage didn’t just mean what was found on the land or in the woods. It often meant what was found in the homes, shops, barns, and other properties of the people.
Post from one of my abandoned blogs – North Farnham Freeholder – recovered from Internet Archive WayBackMachine March 2011
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