Civil War era recipes will be featured as refreshments at the Oxford Historical Society Civil War Program, Saturday, March 20 at 2 p.m. at the Oxford Grange Hall.
Historical Society members, under the leadership of Mrs. Marilyn Stebar, will use Civil-War era recipes including favorite recipes of Civil War heroes.
In addition to samples of the hard tack that formed the basis of the Civil War soldier’s daily rations, attendees will also enjoy a variety of cakes and cookies.
Jane Hulbert will make a Civil War era Orange cake recipe. Marcia Wrogg will make an Abraham Lincoln family recipe for pound cake and Loretta Rowland will prepare ginger cakes. Old fashioned molasses cookies will be baked by Nancy Farnum. Printed copies of the recipes will be available to attendees.
The event will feature Sharon Smith, author of Connecticut’s Civil War, A Guide for Travelers. Ms. Smith will highlight the role of abolitionists in Connecticut both before and during the war.
Although far from the fighting, Connecticut was nevertheless front and center in America’s defining conflict. Smith’s book details key sites of the abolition movement, the factories and mills that armed and clothed the Union army, and the homes and monuments of heroes, mostly Union but some Confederate, with connections to the state.
Ms. Smith’s book is the first ever to offer descriptions and directions to hundreds of sites, monuments, and museums connected to the Connecticut’s participation in the Civil War.
In addition to the book talk, the Society will exhibit the roster of Oxford’s Civil War soldiers, photos of civil war veteran’s tombstones in Oxford cemeteries, and an exhibit on the Washband Tavern, Oxford’s stop on the Underground Railroad, will be included.
The program is open to the public. Admission is $5.00, with children age 12 and under will be admitted for free.
