Culled from the memoirs and letters of actual Union and Confederate soldiers, the recipes found in Rebel Cornbread and Yankee Coffee are authenticthey might even turn your taste buds Blue and Gray. Author Garry Fisher explores the common experiences shared by average soldiers on both sides during their time off the Civil War battlefields, including the food they loved, the food they hated, the songs they sang, and the pranks they played. Whether you are an armchair history buff or interested in sampling a part of history, the recipes, songs, and stories gathered here are sure to fascinate, even if they don't make you hungry.
Garry Fisher is a self-professed "Air Force brat" and life-long War Between the States enthusiast. Rebel Cornbread and Yankee Coffee, his first book, was born of his fascination with how the common soldiers of the war--the rank and file on both sides who did the bulk of the fighting and dying--lived day-to-day.
A career banker by day, Garry is member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a supporting member of the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, and a member of the North Carolina Civil War Roundtable. Born in Japan, he lived in Wyoming, Colorado, California, and in Charlotte, North Carolina, before returning to the land of his Moravian ancestors and settling down in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He lives there with his wife Zela, and their two children, Andrea and Christopher. Garry is currently working on a second Civil War book, a history of his great-great grandfather's Georgia artillery battery.
