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Hardtack and Coffee or, The Unwritten Story of Army Life (Paperback)
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Hardtack and Coffee or, The Unwritten Story of Army Life (Paperback)
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List price R656
Loot Price R568
Discovery Miles 5 680
You Save R88 (13%)
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Most histories of the Civil War focus on battles and top brass.
"Hardtack and Coffee" is one of the few to give a vivid, detailed
picture of what ordinary soldiers endured every day--in camp, on
the march, at the edge of a booming, smoking hell. John D. Billings
of Massachusetts enlisted in the Army of the Potomac and curvived
the conditions he recorded. The authenticity of his book is
heightened by the many drawings that a comrade, Charles W. Reed,
made in the field. This is the story of how the Civil War soldier
was recruited, provisioned, and disciplined. Described here are the
types of men found in any outfit; their not very uniform uniforms;
crowded tents and makeshift shelters; difficulties in keeping
clean, warm, and dry; their pleasure in a cup of coffee; food
rations, dominated by salt pork and the versatile cracker or
hardtack; their brave pastimes in the face of death; punishments
for various offenses; treatment in sick bay; firearms and signals
and modes of transportation. Comprehensive and anecdotal, "
Hardtack and Coffee" is striking for the pulse of life that runs
through it.
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