Civil War

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Across
  1. 3. Most of the rations the soldiers were give lacked this type of vitamin.
  2. 5. Federal and Confederate soldiers many times had to do this for food.
  3. 7. Many times, Commissary departments gave the soldiers _______ rations of food.
  4. 9. Another common food fed to soldiers, mainly a cornmeal concoction.
  5. 10. Soldiers in the Union army had access to these type of stores.
Down
  1. 1. This is a illness that was very common due to the lack of vitamin C.
  2. 2. By 1864, the same amount of food would cause up to __________ dollars more.
  3. 4. Before the war, the typical southern family could spend around __________ on food a month.
  4. 6. Scurvy causes bleeding gums, discolored fingernails, and even _____.
  5. 8. One of the most common foods for soldiers, they were flour-based crackers.