I recently ran across a letter from a soldier of the 4th MN in my Hysterical society. He was requesting either wicked or waxed (I couldn't read the cursive very well) string. It would have been written during winter camp from Bridgeport or Huntsville Alabama in the Spring of 64 before the Atlanta campaign. Apparently, it wasn't something he could aquire from either a Sutler or local "foraging." Does anyone have any idea what he was talking of?
I know they didn't have dental floss in the ACW... was this some sort of waterproof or stronger thread? I've never come across a reference to it before.
If I'm asking a dumb or obvious question I apologize.
I know they didn't have dental floss in the ACW... was this some sort of waterproof or stronger thread? I've never come across a reference to it before.
If I'm asking a dumb or obvious question I apologize.
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