Muffled Drums Mustard Spoons CECIL COUNTY MD CIVIL WAR

Muffled Drums and Mustard Spoons
Cecil County, Maryland 1860-1865
by Jerre Garrett
 

Large Hardcover 11.25" x 8.75", 331 pages and published in 1996 by Burd Street Press.  These copies are new and were ordered direct from the distributor.  Not pre-owned, no handwriting (some copies had our price penciled inside front cover which has since been erased). Dust jacket shows minor handling wear, mainly small minor scuffs or bumps caused by shipping from distributor.

Book condition: New
Dust Jacket: Fine (due to small bumps, scuffs, tears)

Here is a unique view of the Civil War as events happened to the residents of the border state of Maryland.  Muffled Drums and Mustard Spoons relies upon contemporary newspapers, letters, and soldiers' service and pension records to present a view of a border county in a border state during a turbulent time in the nation's history.

Additional information from the dust jacket:

No military battles were fought on the soil of Cecil County, but her citizens, nevertheless, lived their daily lives on a terrain that was pitted by political unrest and scarred by economic upheaval. Read the letters of Ben and Lottie Ricketts as they adjust to camp life in Drummondtown, Virginia, with the 2nd Delaware. Laugh at the verbal gyrations of Cheap John Rowbotham underselling his competitors, and poking fun at them in his advertisements. Grieve with Sophia Jeffries when she loses first her infant son at home, and then her husband at Cold Harbor. Finally, celebrate with Cecil County as her people put back the pieces of their lives after the War, though they can never be the same as before the War. Muffled Drums & Mustard Spoons relies upon contemporary newspapers, letters, and soldiers' service and pension records to present a view of a border county in a border state during a turbulent time in the nation's history. Ads, recipes, and cures displayed throughout the book, arouse the readers' interest as they discover tidbits of life during those trying times.

We have multiple copies of this book (including signed copies which will be offered on eBay at a later date) and the condition of the dust jackets may vary slightly though only with minor variations to wear.

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