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During the final days of the war, some Richmond citizens would throw "Starvation Parties," soirees at which elegantly attired guests gathered amid the finest silver and crystal tableware, though there were usually no refreshments except water.
Union Rear-Admiral Goldsborough was nicknamed "Old Guts," not so much for his combativeness as for his heft-weighing about three hundred pounds, he was described as "a huge mass of inert matter."
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