Rare CIVIL WAR SOLDIER'S SOAP - Large - Confederate HONEY SOAP?

Description

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A piece of soap as used by Soldiers during the
CIVIL WAR.
Exceptional
yellow
coloring and of a
large
size:
Measures about
3 3/4"
long,
2 1/4"
wide (at widest point) and
1 5/8"
thick.
Most soldier soaps were typically made of
LYE
, but
there
were a few called
HONEY SOAP
, adopted from a Southern
Recipe (see more below) with its
yellow coloring
due to the addition of honey during formation.
It would seem that this is honey soap.
A recipe for honey soap was found in
"
The Confederate Receipt Book,
A Compilation of Over One Hundred Receipts,
Adapted to the Times” (Richmond, West & Johnston,
1863
).
Examples of other recipes in
The
Confederate Receipt Book
include apple pie without apples, artificial oysters, and coffee substitutes
as well as medicinal remedies for headaches, croup, and sore throats and making household items like candles
.
The nature and extent of the items highlight the degree of difficulty that the Confederates faced and their ability to acclimate to the supplies at hand.
I am appending this recipe for honey soap below: