Hardtack and Coffee: Or, The Unwritten Story of Army Life, Including Chapters on Enlisting, Life in Tents and Log Huts ...G.M.Smith, 1888 - 408 páginas Anecdotes of a soldier, richly illustrated, including facsimilies of enlistment forms etc. Details all aspects of army operations and the life of soldiers of the era. |
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... POTOMAC Ilustrated WITH SIX ELEGANT COLOR PLATES ; AND OVER TWO HUNDRED ORIGINAL SKETCHES BY CHARLES W. REED MEMBER OF NINTH MASSachusetts BATTERY ; ALSO , TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEER ON GENERAL WARREN'S STAFF , FIFTH CORPS , ARMY OF THE POTOMAC ...
... POTOMAC Ilustrated WITH SIX ELEGANT COLOR PLATES ; AND OVER TWO HUNDRED ORIGINAL SKETCHES BY CHARLES W. REED MEMBER OF NINTH MASSachusetts BATTERY ; ALSO , TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEER ON GENERAL WARREN'S STAFF , FIFTH CORPS , ARMY OF THE POTOMAC ...
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... Potomac who , it is believed , will find rehearsed in these pages much that has not before appeared in print , and which it is hoped will secure to their children in permanent form valuable infor- mation about a soldier's life in detail ...
... Potomac who , it is believed , will find rehearsed in these pages much that has not before appeared in print , and which it is hoped will secure to their children in permanent form valuable infor- mation about a soldier's life in detail ...
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... Potomac was Organized — Brigade and Division Formations- " All quiet along the Potomac " - " Why don't the Army move ? " - How Corps were Composed - Their Number - Corps Badges - Their Origin -The Kearny Patch - Worn First by Officers ...
... Potomac was Organized — Brigade and Division Formations- " All quiet along the Potomac " - " Why don't the Army move ? " - How Corps were Composed - Their Number - Corps Badges - Their Origin -The Kearny Patch - Worn First by Officers ...
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... Potomac • 72. Apportioning Coffee and Sugar 73. The Milk Ration 74. The Company Cook 75. Going into Camp 88822 63 66 68 70 72 73 75 77 80 81 82 83 83 84 86 88 89 90 92 93 94 95 96 100 101 104 105 106 107 108 109 . 111 113 114 116 117 ...
... Potomac • 72. Apportioning Coffee and Sugar 73. The Milk Ration 74. The Company Cook 75. Going into Camp 88822 63 66 68 70 72 73 75 77 80 81 82 83 83 84 86 88 89 90 92 93 94 95 96 100 101 104 105 106 107 108 109 . 111 113 114 116 117 ...
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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ambulance artillery battery battle beat blankets blue bridge brigade bunks caissons called camp camp-fire campaign cannoneers canteen captain cavalry centre charge City Point clothing coffee colors command commissary cook corps badges division drill driver enemy enlisted Faneuil Hall fatigue duty feet field fire flag forage furnished Gettysburg campaign guard guns hand hardtack haversack headquarters horses hospital hour hundred Hurrah inches infantry issued Jonah knapsack large number letters Ludington Massachusetts McClellan ment mess military militia Mud March mule muskets never night officers old soldiers once organization party perhaps pitched ponton Potomac quartermaster rank and file rations Readville rear Rebel recruits regiment seemed seen sent sergeant shelter tent Sibley tents side signal sometimes soon station stockade supplies surgeon sutler sweet little tion took train troops Union Union army usually veteran wagons wall tent wounded
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Página 332 - How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear Charmer away!
Página 200 - I will bear true faith and allegiance to the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever ; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States, and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the Rules and Articles of War.
Página 200 - I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America, and that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States, and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the rules and Articles of War.
Página 200 - March, l 863, to serve as a soldier in the Army of the United States of America for the period of three years, unless sooner discharged by proper authority.
Página 382 - Xerxes commanded two other bridges to be built, one for the army to pass over, and the other for the baggage and beasts of burden.
Página 224 - With my blood flowing fast, and but little to hope Upon which my faint spirit could lean, Oh, then I remember you crawled to my side, And, bleeding so fast it seemed both must have died, We drank from the same canteen.
Página 296 - Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die, Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.
Página 143 - They braced my aunt against a board, To make her straight and tall ; They laced her up, they starved her down, To make her light and small; They pinched her feet, they singed her hair, They screwed it up with pins; — Oh, never mortal suffered more In penance for her sins.
Página 296 - Longstreet's lines, Into the Georgia troops Stormed the two hundred. Wild all their eyes did glare, Whisked all their tails in air, Scattering the chivalry there, While all the world wondered.