Hardtack and Coffee: or, the Unwritten Story of Army Life
by John D. Billings
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- ISBN 10
- 1556133723
- ISBN 13
- 9781556133725
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About This Item
While vacationing in the White Mountains, the author was induced by a rapt audience of boys—too young to have experienced the Civil War—to recount his adventures in the Army of the Potomac; these evening gatherings ""led to the preparation of these sketchesan important contribution of warp to the majestic woof which comprises the history of the Great Civil War"" While most texts treat the war's battles, campaigns, and generals, this book attempts to comprehensively record army life of the common soldier in detail, ""to permanently record information which the history of no other war has preserved with equal accuracy and completeness"" Topics covered include: enlisting and raw recruits, life in tents and log huts, rations, offences and punishments, drills, foraging, inventions and devices of war, the army mule, hospitals and ambulances, army road and bridge builders, signal flags and torches, and much more Charles W Reed, the illustrator, did sketches in the field during this stint with the Army of the Potomac; over 200 of his drawings are included in this work
John D Billings
(1887, 1990), 2011, 5½x8½, paper, 428 pp
ISBN: 9781556133725
101-B3372
Synopsis
Hard Tack and Coffee: The Unwritten Story of Army Life is a memoir by John D. Billings. Billings was a veteran of the 10th Massachusetts Volunteer Artillery Battery in the American Civil War. Originally published in 1888, Hard Tack and Coffee quickly became a best seller, and is now considered one of the most important books written by a Civil War veteran.
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- Heritage Books, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 101-B3372
- Title
- Hardtack and Coffee: or, the Unwritten Story of Army Life
- Author
- John D. Billings
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1556133723
- ISBN 13
- 9781556133725
- Publisher
- Heritage Books, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Bowie, Md
- This edition first published
- June 1990
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