Hard Tack and Coffee: Or the Unwritten Story of Army Life (Hardcover)

from Whiskey3pa

Entertaining look at Civil War soldiering from the enlisted perspective. Entertaining and well written. It was assembled years after the war and lacks the urgency of a contemporary journal. The author was in the artillery and provides excellent insights into that life. Enjoyable read.

from MarkBeronte

Originally published in 1888, this first-person account of everyday life for the foot soldier during the Civil War became an immediate bestseller

from DCBlack

An excellent overview of just about every aspect of the war from the enlisted man's point of view, from recruitment, to life in winter camp, to picket duty, to drawing pay and clothing, to foraging, to burying men and horses and digging latrines. John Billings gives a very thorough account, eluci...

from DCBlack

An excellent overview of just about every aspect of the war from the enlisted man's point of view, from recruitment, to life in winter camp, to picket duty, to drawing pay and clothing, to foraging, to burying men and horses and digging latrines. John Billings gives a very thorough account, eluci...