Join LCPF to commemorate food of the civil war
and honor local farmers and families who grew food for the non-farming civilians whose health and lives depended upon it.
The inaugural event, September 8 and 9 in Buckeystown, will feature a living history encampment, food-providers sharing civil-war era recipes and a visit from “President Lincoln” who will talk about his forming the United States Department of Agriculture.
Buckeystown Village, a major transportation-commerce route, flourished from the late 1700’s through the middle of the 1900’s. During the Civil War, Buckeystown’s crossroads were transversed regularly by Union and Confederate armies. In September 1862 all the flour stored in a local mill was hijacked by Confederates: local residents “and their slaves” baked bread for the soldiers. Then, the Confederates made their way to the Battles of South Mountain and Antietam. Just days later, Union soldiers came through and plucked the apples and peaches from the orchards. Buckeystown was representative of many communities whose food-stores were commandeered by soldiers, putting the adequacy of civilian food supplies in great jeopardy.
