Billings, John Davis 1842-1933 creator Reed, Charles Wellington 1841-1926 text utu 2023 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Hardtack and coffee : or, the unwritten story of Army life" by John D. Billings is a memoir published in 1887. A veteran of the 10th Massachusetts Volunteer Light Artillery Battery, Billings offers an intimate look at everyday Union soldier life during the American Civil War—not the battles, but the camps, marches, rations, and routines. Enhanced by Charles W. Reed's pen and ink drawings, the book combines humor with vivid detail, revealing what it truly meant to be a common soldier in America's defining conflict. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Tack_and_Coffee Release date is 2023-12-28 Emmanuel Ackerman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Originally published: Boston: George M. Smith & Co., 1887 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives United States. Army -- Military life -- History -- 19th century Billings, John Davis, 1842-1933 United States. Army -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 E456 Boston: George M. Smith & Co., 1887 02008524 https://archive.org/details/hardtackcoffeeor00bill/page/62/mode/2up https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72532 https://archive.org/details/hardtackcoffeeor00bill/page/62/mode/2up https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72532 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134657.0 72532