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(08-24-2016 08:50 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  (I was hoping no one had seen my Pemberton reply as I wanted to give others the chance on a great question. I had written on herbal drugs in biology, thus felt in advantage. BTW, Coke originally was made from kola nuts and coca leaves.)

I read a little more on Pemberton and was surprised to find that the war had left him addicted to morphine, hence his interest in kola nut and coca leaves "refreshments?" His son, Charley, died of a morphine overdose - a century before the addiction problems caused by the Vietnam War.

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(08-24-2016 08:53 AM)LincolnMan Wrote:  Eva: I never saw your reply but you are spot on! Any guess on the other Civil War veteran that invented a beverage still used today?

The Union veteran was James Vernor, who had experimented with ginger ale before the war and came home to continue his improvements.

This took a bit of searching, Bill, but interesting question!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Vernor