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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... Camp - Inside a Stockade · The Bunks - The Arrange- ment of the Furniture - Esthetic Dish - washing - Lighting by Candles and Slush Lamps - Candlesticks Night - Gowns and Night - Caps - The Shelters in a Rain- " I . C. " Insect Life ...
... Camp - Inside a Stockade · The Bunks - The Arrange- ment of the Furniture - Esthetic Dish - washing - Lighting by Candles and Slush Lamps - Candlesticks Night - Gowns and Night - Caps - The Shelters in a Rain- " I . C. " Insect Life ...
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... Camp without Leave - The Punishments - The Guard Tent - The Black List Its Occupations - Buck and Gag - The Barrel and its Uses The Crucifixion- The Wooden Horse - The Knapsack Drill - Tied up by the Thumbs - The Sweat - Box- The ...
... Camp without Leave - The Punishments - The Guard Tent - The Black List Its Occupations - Buck and Gag - The Barrel and its Uses The Crucifixion- The Wooden Horse - The Knapsack Drill - Tied up by the Thumbs - The Sweat - Box- The ...
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... Camp- Family Knots - A Mother's Fond Solicitude - Galling Lessons of Obedience Bounties Paid Recruits- " I'm a Raw Recruit " " The Substitute " - - · - • - Sending for a Box • - - CHAPTER XI . - A Specimen Address -- SPECIAL RATIONS ...
... Camp- Family Knots - A Mother's Fond Solicitude - Galling Lessons of Obedience Bounties Paid Recruits- " I'm a Raw Recruit " " The Substitute " - - · - • - Sending for a Box • - - CHAPTER XI . - A Specimen Address -- SPECIAL RATIONS ...
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... Camp after Marching Orders Came - Camp Fires and Hilarity " The General " -The Wait in Camp - Forward , March ! -The Order of March- Corps Headquarters — Division Headquarters - The Division Flags Described - Brigade Head- quarters ...
... Camp after Marching Orders Came - Camp Fires and Hilarity " The General " -The Wait in Camp - Forward , March ! -The Order of March- Corps Headquarters — Division Headquarters - The Division Flags Described - Brigade Head- quarters ...
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... Camp Minstrels . 38. Our Silverware 39. Building a Log Hut • 40. Inside View of a Log Hut 41. Army Candlesticks 42 ... Camp Barber • • 50. The Musket on Hooks 51 . .. Beating It " 52. The Jonah Spilling Pea - Soup 53. The Camp Fire ...
... Camp Minstrels . 38. Our Silverware 39. Building a Log Hut • 40. Inside View of a Log Hut 41. Army Candlesticks 42 ... Camp Barber • • 50. The Musket on Hooks 51 . .. Beating It " 52. The Jonah Spilling Pea - Soup 53. The Camp Fire ...
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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.