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Lifetime: 1842 - 1933 Passed: ≈ 91 years ago

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John Billings

Books by John Billings

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Hardtack and Coffee

History Memoir Non-Fiction War
Discipline Civil War Memoir Union Army Clothing Camp Life Hospitals Soldier Life Rations Marching Foraging Mule

Hardtack and Coffee: The Unwritten Story of Army Life (1887) is a memoir by John D. Billings, a veteran of the 10th Massachusetts Volunteer Light Artillery Battery in the American Civil War. It offers a unique and intimate look at the daily life of...