Confederate soldiers and Verne Brown eat chipmunk stew.
Chipmunk stew is a stew made from chipmunks. As chipmunks are plentiful, and can be caught and turned into a stew without spending any money, it was eaten in poorer areas of the United States.
On February 11, 1864, chipmunk stew was served to the Confederate soldiers under the command of General Beauregard Tannen.