"Next morning at Farmville some packages of French soup material, done up in tin foil, were issued, the only rations I received during the seven days retreat."
Henry T. Bahnson, Co. B, 1st NC Battalion Sharpshooter, April 7, 1865
My question is: does anyone have any leads or source recommendations as to the type of tin foil wrapper he is referring to? Are there any surviving examples, say from the Arabia? A cohort made mention that perhaps it is in reference to desiccated vegetables packaged in tin cans. However, I feel like if Bahnson is specific enough to mention foil he would have said a can if it had been a can.
Henry T. Bahnson, Co. B, 1st NC Battalion Sharpshooter, April 7, 1865
My question is: does anyone have any leads or source recommendations as to the type of tin foil wrapper he is referring to? Are there any surviving examples, say from the Arabia? A cohort made mention that perhaps it is in reference to desiccated vegetables packaged in tin cans. However, I feel like if Bahnson is specific enough to mention foil he would have said a can if it had been a can.
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