Hardtack and coffee, or, The unwritten story of army life
By: by John D. Billings ; illustrated by Charles W. Reed ; introductions to the Bison Book edition by Willaim L. Shea.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 413
Subjects: Billings, John Davis, b. 1842; United States. Army -- Military life -- History -- 19th century; United States. Army -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
Other titles: Hardtack & coffee.; Unwritten story of Army life.
Notes: Cover title: Hardtack & coffee.
Subtitle: "Including chapters on enlisting, life in tents and log huts, jonahs and beats, offences and punishments, raw recruits, foraging, corps and corps badges, the wagon trains, the Army mule, the Engineer Corps, the Signal Corps, etc."
Includes index.