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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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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 sketches...an
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.
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