Daily Mail Article Civil War

[MaddieM]

They bring back hot and dirty memories of the days when my husband and I participated in these reenactments - he as a soldier and I as an officer's wife. I learned quickly to put on my hoop skirts and grab my parasol instead of my work dress. Work dresses meant you ended up cooking around a very smoky campfire, and the smell of the smoke didn't wash out of your hair for days it seemed.

I bet everything tastes better though, when you've toiled so hard to cook it!