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Unit 3: Set 6. “We Have Suffered Severely”: Gardens at Frontier Army Posts 1864–1880 - Activity II

Intro | Scurvy | Army Food | Ag Debate | Activity I | Activity II

Historians use a technique for measuring the significance of a single topic that appears in a document such as Private Sanford’s diary. Use this chart to analyze the importance of food to a private soldier stationed at a remote Army post. You may find more topics to list than those suggested. Make a mark in the chart any time one of these topics is mentioned. Which topics get the most attention? How important is food or meals to Private Sanford?

TOPIC
FREQUENCY OF MENTION
Food
 


Duty
 


Friends
 


Money
 


Mail
 


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