Statistics for Food of the American Civil War Soldier

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
An omnipresent starch; sometimes the kernels were used as currency in games of chance	Corn	83%
The Most important of all; yet difficult to find clean supplies of	Water	81%
The most common food; infamously nicknamed tooth-dullers, sheet-iron crakers and Worm castles	Hardtack	61%
Primary source of protein; nasty smelling and nicknamed "sowbelly"	Salt Pork	58%
When meat wasn't available, this was the first protein substitute	Beans	50%
The one thing soldiers preferred over alcohol	Coffee	47%
Other source of protein, rotted even faster than the other one	Salt Beef	44%
A rarity, but necessary to prevent scurvy	Fresh Fruit	37%
The best source of protein; hard to maintain, target of foraging	Fresh meat	30%
Robert E. Lee called them the Confederacy's "best friend"	Peas	9%