Nancy- The 7th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War drank a creation from 
home called "Cherry Bounce"- apparently if you drank two small glasses  you 
couldn't walk- Barrett
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From: "Sunshine49" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Knights of the Golden Horseshoe


> Yes, wouldn't it? Upon reaching the Shenandoah River, they of course 
> feasted and drank more toasts to the King and to his family [one  wonders 
> to what degree- 5th cousins? Great-great aunts? Another  round, boys!]; 
> the account lists Virginia red wine and white wine,  Irish whiskey, 
> brandy, shrub, two kinds of rum, champagne, canary,  cherry punch, cider, 
> "etc." Maybe that's why there is no list of the  gentlemen along. Everyone 
> forgot who was there, once they got home  and their wives made them sober 
> up.
>
> That could bring up another topic for this group- the amazing  alcoholic 
> drinks that were common in the south. "Chatham Artillery  Punch" from SC, 
> and I need to look up a similar concoction mixed for  the barbeques of the 
> Richmond Light Infantry Blues. Apparently all  these local militias had 
> their own recipes. Incredible stuff, they  would probably double as 
> paint-stripper.
>
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> Nancy
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> I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.
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> --Daniel Boone
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