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100 1 $aBillings, John Davis,$d1842-$eauthor.
245 10 $aHard tack and coffee /$cby John D. Billings.
264 1 $a[London] :$bEndeavor Press,$c[2016]
300 $a352 pages ;$c20 cm
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500 $aCover subtitle: A classic Civil War memoir.
500 $aOriginally published in 1887.
500 $aCopyright 1887 by John D. Billings.
500 $aOriginally published with title: Hardtack and coffee, or, The unwritten story of army life.
500 $aThis reprint edition does not include the over two-hundred illustrations included in the first edition.
505 0 $aPreface -- The tocsin of war -- Enlisting -- How the soldiers were sheltered -- Life in tents -- Life in log huts -- Jonahs and beats -- Army rations : what they were, how they were distributed, how they were cooked -- Offences and punishments -- A day in camp -- Raw recruits -- Special rations, boxes from home, sutlers -- Foraging -- Corps and Corps badges -- Some inventions and devices of the war -- The army mill -- Hospitals and ambulances -- Scattering shots -- Breaking camp, on the march -- Army wagon-trains -- Army road and bridge builders -- Talking flags and torches.
520 $aJohn Billings' military memoir of the everyday life of a U.S. Army soldier in the 19th century is not about battles, but rather about how the common Union soldiers of the Civil War lived in camp and on the march. The volume is divided into twenty-one chapters which treat the origins of the Civil War, enlisting, how soldiers were sheltered, life in tents, life in log huts, unlucky soldiers and shirkers ("Jonahs and Beats"), Army rations, offenses and punishments, a day in camp, raw recruits, special rations and boxes from home, foraging, corps and corps badges, some inventions and devices of the war, the army mule, hospitals and ambulances, clothing, breaking camp and marching, army wagon trains, road and bridge builders, and signal flags and torches
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