Books written by John Davis Billings
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Hardtack and Coffee, Or, The Unwritten Story of Army Life
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated....
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Hardtack and Coffee, Or, The Unwritten Story of Army Life
Billings attended a reunion of Civil War veterans in 1881 that brought together a group of survivors whose memories and stories of the war compelled him to write this account.Illustrated by Charles W. Reed, this edition is enhanced with ...
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Hardtack and Coffee, Or, The Unwritten Story of Army Life
The authenticity of his book is heightened by the many drawings that a comrade, Charles W. Reed, made in the field. ΓΈ This is the story of how the Civil War soldier was recruited, provisioned, and disciplined.
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Hardtack and Coffee: The Unwritten Story of Army Life
Billings attended a reunion of Civil War veterans in 1881 that brought together a group of survivors whose memories and stories of the war compelled him to write this account.Illustrated by Charles W. Reed, this edition is enhanced with ...
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Hardtack And Coffee: Or The Unwritten Story Of Army Life (1887)
The new edition of this bestseller book is enhanced with updated references to VMS.
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Hardtack and Coffee: Or the Unwritten Story of Army Life (1887)
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1887 Edition.
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Hard Tack and Coffee: Soldier's Life in the Civil War
Originally published in 1888, Hard Tack and Coffee became an immediate best seller. Its author, John Billings, had served with the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War.
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Hardtack and Coffee; Or, the Unwritten Story of Army Life: Including Chapters on Enlisting, Life in Tents and Log Huts,...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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Hard Tack and Coffee
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 ...
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Hard Tack and Coffee: Soldier's Life in the Civil War
The book was first published in 1888. This book was the first to convey the rigors and solace of camp life.