It also supplied American troops in the war of 1812 and fed the Navy in the 1940s and ‘50s.Then, about 40 years ago, an employee at Old Sturbridge Village, a replica of a 19th century village in ...

Hardtack is a simple biscuit made of little ... the video also provides a fascinating hands-on history lesson on 19th century military rations. Check it out above.

a replica of a 19th century village in central Massachusetts, called Pierotti and asked if he knew that Bent was one of the Union army's top suppliers of hardtack rations during the Civil War.

FREEPORT — What type of food would 19th century sailors eat on a journey ... “There had to be rations for each person – water, salt pork, hard tack, some potatoes, cabbage, and once in ...

a replica of a 19th century village in central Massachusetts, called Pierotti and asked if he knew that Bent was one of the Union army’s top suppliers of hardtack rations during the Civil War.

Cracke r are direct descendants of the "hardtack", a type of dry bread used by sailors and soldiers in the 19th century. This bread had to withstand long voyages and extreme conditions ...