Length12h 11m
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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.
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GenreGeneral Fiction
Length12 hrs 11 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 18, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1DEDICATION.
13CHAPTER X. RAW RECRUITS.
2PREFACE.
14CHAPTER XI. SPECIAL RATIONS.—BOXES FROM HOME.—SUTLERS.
3CONTENTS.
15CHAPTER XII. FORAGING.
4CHAPTER I. THE TOCSIN OF WAR.
16CHAPTER XIII. CORPS AND CORPS BADGES.
5CHAPTER II. ENLISTING.
17CHAPTER XIV. SOME INVENTIONS AND DEVICES OF THE WAR.
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6CHAPTER III. HOW THE SOLDIERS WERE SHELTERED.
18CHAPTER XV. THE ARMY MULE.
7CHAPTER IV. LIFE IN TENTS.
19CHAPTER XVI. HOSPITALS AND AMBULANCES.
8CHAPTER V. LIFE IN LOG HUTS.
20CHAPTER XVII. SCATTERING SHOTS.
9CHAPTER VI. JONAHS AND BEATS.
21CHAPTER XVIII. BREAKING CAMP.—ON THE MARCH.
10CHAPTER VII. ARMY RATIONS: WHAT THEY WERE.—HOW THEY WERE DISTRIBUTED.—HOW THEY WERE COOKED.
22CHAPTER XIX. ARMY WAGON-TRAINS.
11CHAPTER VIII. OFFENCES AND PUNISHMENTS.
23CHAPTER XX. ARMY ROAD AND BRIDGE BUILDERS.
12CHAPTER IX. A DAY IN CAMP.
24CHAPTER XXI. TALKING FLAGS AND TORCHES.
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