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Supplements to the rations

Soldiers in both armies had no scruples about supplementing their rations.jpg After a council with Hood and Polk, Johnston abandoned the Cassville positionThumbnailsFour long and bloody monthsAfter a council with Hood and Polk, Johnston abandoned the Cassville positionThumbnailsFour long and bloody monthsAfter a council with Hood and Polk, Johnston abandoned the Cassville positionThumbnailsFour long and bloody monthsAfter a council with Hood and Polk, Johnston abandoned the Cassville positionThumbnailsFour long and bloody monthsAfter a council with Hood and Polk, Johnston abandoned the Cassville positionThumbnailsFour long and bloody monthsAfter a council with Hood and Polk, Johnston abandoned the Cassville positionThumbnailsFour long and bloody monthsAfter a council with Hood and Polk, Johnston abandoned the Cassville positionThumbnailsFour long and bloody months

Soldiers in both armies had no scruples about supplementing their rations with whatever could be taken from surrounding farms and homes.