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Union and Confederate almanacs for 1863


These two almanacs for 1863, one published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the other in Vicksburg, Mississippi, reflected the patriotic fervor of these respective regions of the country. The contents of the Confederate almanac, however, addressed the sober realities of a city under siege; Vicksburg would fall to General Ulysses S. Grant’s army on July 4 of that year. To help citizens cope with shortages of such basic commodities as sugar and salt, the Confederate Almanac published special recipes that did not require these ingredients.

The Union Almanac for 1863, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: published by George McDowell

Clarke’s Confederate Household Almanac for the Year 1863, Vicksburg, Mississippi: published by H. C. Clarke


Division of Social History, Political History
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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