☕ Coffee Chronicles

One of the coffee brands during the Civil War

Few things motivated the soldiers of the Civil War quite like coffee. Historian Ted Grinspan discovered that coffee dominated letters and diaries of the time, overshadowing even battle accounts. “It’s the one constant,” he noted. “The one consolation in what’s otherwise an incredibly hard experience.” Indeed, more than just a simple comfort, coffee was a battlefield necessity—warming bodies, sharpening minds, and offering a moment of respite amid the chaos of war. 

Union troops swore by their rationed beans, often boiling them over hastily built campfires, while Confederate soldiers and civilians alike, struggled with shortages, resorting to creative substitutes - and some of those were utterly disgusting! 

Coffee was more than a drink during the Civil War—it was morale in a tin cup. Coffee Chronicles explores how coffee made history as a staple of survival in America’s defining conflict.

So grab-a-cuppa, settle in, and enjoy some stories about our fav brew!

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☕ Caffeinated Bravery—McKinley’s Legendary Coffee Run at Antietam

☕ Coffee in Civil War Hospitals - A Soldier’s Lifeline

☕ Strong, Black, and Essential—Coffee Culture in the Civil War

☕ Confederate Coffee Recipes - From Sweet Potatoes to Ambrette

☕ "Lincoln Coffee" in the Field - Ingenuity in a Cup

☕ The Civil War Coffee Wagon - The Unsung Hero of the Battlefield

☕ The Coffee Grinder Gun That Wasn’t - Busting Civil War Myths

☕ Mud in Your Mug - Civil War Instant Coffee and Other Caffeinated Catastrophes

☕ Coffee on Cemetery Hill - Charles Field’s Brew of Bravery

Coffee being brewed Civil War style