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Civil War
Tough hens.............................$1.00 -$1.25
Old roosters............................$1.00 - $1.25
Turkey...................................$1.50 - $2.00
Old ganders............................$1.50 -$2.00
Veggies..................................50 cents - for peeping over the fence into the garden!
Food Prices - Tupelo, Mississippi
June 11, 1862
Spring chickens..................80 cents - $1.00
Source
Diary of a Confederate Soldier, John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, ed. William C. Davis
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