Download or read book Hardtack and Coffee Or The Unwritten Story of Army Life written by John Davis Billings and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. ø 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.
Download or read book Hardtack and Coffee written by John Davis Billings and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anecdotes of a soldier, richly illustrated, including facsimilies of enlistment forms etc. Details all aspects of army operations and the life of soldiers of the era.
Download or read book Hardtack and Coffee Or The Unwritten Story of Army Life written by John Davis Billings and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Hard Tack and Coffee written by John D. Billings and published by Digital Scanning Inc. This book was released on 2001-06-01 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The writing of Hard Tack and Coffee was the result of a reunion of Civil War veterans at a White Mountain resort in 1881. There, the author entertained listeners with stories of his personal experiences of army life. Although far from complete, the topics of interest are more suggestive of reality. Unlike histories written of the Civil War whose subjects are battles or the campaigns of generals, this book is an attempt to record daily army life in detail. Hard Tack and Coffee relates stories about enlisting, life in tents, and offenses and punishments for soldiers in the Engineering and Signal Corps. Charles W. Reed illustrated this version with six color plates of Corp Badges and over two hundred original sketches. Reflecting many of the sights and scenes from the era.
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Download or read book Daily Life in Civil War America written by Dorothy Volo and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on extensive research into newly discovered documents, this new edition of the popular volume offers an updated look at the daily lives of ordinary citizens caught up in the Civil War. When first published, Daily Life in Civil War America shifted the spotlight from the conflict's military operations and famous leaders to its affect on day-to-day living. Now this popular, groundbreaking work returns in a thoroughly updated new edition, drawing on an expanded range of journals, journalism, diaries, and correspondence to capture the realities of wartime life for soldiers and citizens, slaves and free persons, women and children, on both sides of the conflict. In addition to chapter-by-chapter updating, the edition features new chapters on two important topics: the affects of the war on families, focusing on the absence of men on the home front and the plight of nearly 26,000 children orphaned by the war; and the activities of the Copperheads, anti-Confederate border residents, and other Southern pacifist groups.
Download or read book The Bucktails written by William P. Robertson and published by Infinity Publishing. This book was released on 2006-07 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joe Keener was a carefree private until he fought four grueling battles in six days on the terrible Peninsula. Helping a young soldier survive this hell, teaches Joe about responsibility.
Download or read book Don Troiani s Civil War Soldiers written by Don Troiani and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-06-14 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Informed by “recognized Civil War . . . experts”, this pictorial is “a detailed look at the soldiers who served with the Union and Confederate Armies.” (Jennifer Locke Jones, Chair and Curator, Division of Armed Forces History, Smithsonian National Museum of American History) In the world of historical painting, Don Troiani stands alone, universally acclaimed for the accuracy, drama, and sensitivity of his depictions of America’s past. His images, both stirring and informative, define the view Americans have of the epochal Civil War. In this new collection of Troiani artworks, ten years in the making, Troiani teams his signature large format battle paintings with detailed paintings of both Union and Confederate soldiers along with over three hundred photographs of uniforms, equipment, and artifacts from the nation’s most respected museum and private collections to give a full picture of the life of the Civil War soldier. Civil War uniform and equipment experts Earl J. Coates and Michael McAfee have contributed accompanying text. Includes fifty paintings and over three-hundred photographs.
Download or read book Life written by John Ames Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book No Greater Glory Third Edition written by Daniel A. Masters and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 144th Ohio Volunteer Infantry formed in May 1864 with the express purpose of performing rear area guard duty, far removed from the front lines of the Civil War. But when Confederate General Jubal Early's army threatened Washington, the 144th Ohio sallied forth to stop it. Relive in the soldiers' own words the experiences of that last summer of the Civil War. Witness first hand the vicious fighting along the banks of the Monocacy River and agony of the Berryville Wagon Raid. This expanded third edition features an improved layout, regimental roster, and index along with several new photos. Drawing extensively from previously unpublished sources, No Greater Glory tells the complete story of northwest Ohio's forgotten regiment, the 144th O.V.I.
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Download or read book Chin Music from a Greyhound written by Robert Talbott and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-06-22 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chin music: A nineteenth-century term to describe the act of talking too much, as in babbling. Greyhound: A member of Dickson Stauffers Missouri Foot Cavalry of the early 1980s. This memoir continues the adventures of a middle-aged Missourian who was part of the strange yet fascinating world of Civil War reenacting. In volume 2, Robert tells of a trip to Gettysburg, another movie, the coldest event ever attended, a brief tenure as an officer, a trip to Red River, and a handful of other amusements. As with the previous book, volume 2 is loaded with personal anecdotes and humor.
Download or read book The Chicago Record s War Stories written by and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Daily Life in Civil War America written by Dorothy Denneen Volo and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1998 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information about the day-to-day lives of soldiers, civilians, and slaves during the Civil War years.
Download or read book Spanish American War Songs written by Sidney A. Witherbee and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 1000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
