. The blue and the gray, or, The Civil War as seen by a boy : a story of patriotism and adventure in our war for the Union . CAMP LIFE—IN THE KITCHEN. selected from the men, the officers boasting a cullered individualwho was always, according to his own account, a perfeshunal. Theculinary department was ever a point of interest to the men, whoseappetites were never so dainty that they failed to enjoy their dailyrations. No soldier, no matter from what part of the North he 72 BILL BROILS A CHICKEN. came, ever turned up his nose at the beans, which were cooked inholes dug in the earth, and rille
. The blue and the gray, or, The Civil War as seen by a boy : a story of patriotism and adventure in our war for the Union . CAMP LIFE—IN THE KITCHEN. selected from the men, the officers boasting a cullered individualwho was always, according to his own account, a perfeshunal. Theculinary department was ever a point of interest to the men, whoseappetites were never so dainty that they failed to enjoy their dailyrations. No soldier, no matter from what part of the North he 72 BILL BROILS A CHICKEN. came, ever turned up his nose at the beans, which were cooked inholes dug in the earth, and rilled with hot embers, in which theiron pot containing them was buried and kept there all night. To Bill Elliott fell the task of ministering to the hungry onesof his company, and many were the compliments he received. You can broil a chicken as good as any French cook, aman would coaxingly declare. m, m.
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