Hardtack and coffee : $b or, the unwritten story of Army life, 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. — John Shaqi
Hardtack and coffee : $b or, the unwritten story of Army life, 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.Billings, John Davis
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Hardtack and coffee : $b or, the unwritten story of Army life, 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.
Billings, John Davis
Billings, John Davis, 1842-1933; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives; United States. Army -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Army -- Military life -- History -- 19th century
138. A Color-plate of Corps Badges, opposite 264
139. A Color-plate of Corps Badges, opposite 266
140. A Torpedo 269
141. A Gunboat 271
142. A Mortar Boat 272
143. A Double-turreted Monitor 273
144. A Havelock 276
145. A Haversack and Dipper 276
146. A Zouave 277
147. A Breech-Loader 278
148. A Long-eared Patriot 279
149. A Six-Mule Team 280
150. A Mule Eating an Overcoat 281
151. A Corral 283
152. Dismounted 284
153. Oats for Six 285
154. Dumped into the Potomac 288
155. The Rear-Guard of the Regiment 290
156. Mules Loaded with Ammunition 292
157. “But the noblest thing that perished there was that old Army
Mule” 294
158. Charge of the Mule Brigade 295
159. Loose 297
160. A Cot in the Hospital 298
161. A Two-wheeled Ambulance 302
162. A Four-wheeled Ambulance 305
163. A Medicine Wagon 307
164. A Folding Litter 309
165. A Stretcher 309
166. Placing a Wounded Man on a Stretcher 311
167. Carrying a Wounded Man to the Rear 312
168. Trying on Clothing 316
169. In Heavy Marching Order 318
170. Leading the Herd 322
171. The Last Steer 323
172. General Hancock at Ream’s Station 325
173. Real Horse Sense 328
174. A Buzzard’s Paradise 329
175. Striking Camp 330
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