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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... MULE , THE ENGINEER CORPS , THE SIGNAL CORPS , ETC. " BY JOHN D. BILLINGS AUTHOR OF the tenth MASSACHUSETTS BATTERY " ; PAST DEPARTMENT COMMANDER MASSACHUSETTS G. A. R .; FORMERLY OF SICKLES ' THIRD AND HANCOCK'S SECOND CORPS , ARMY OF ...
... MULE , THE ENGINEER CORPS , THE SIGNAL CORPS , ETC. " BY JOHN D. BILLINGS AUTHOR OF the tenth MASSACHUSETTS BATTERY " ; PAST DEPARTMENT COMMANDER MASSACHUSETTS G. A. R .; FORMERLY OF SICKLES ' THIRD AND HANCOCK'S SECOND CORPS , ARMY OF ...
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... Mule Fodder - How a Mule Team was Composed - How it was Driven - How Mules were Obtained from the Corral - The Black Snake and its Uses- An Incident - Mule Ears - His Pastimes - As a Kicker the Original Mugwump - What Josh Billings ...
... Mule Fodder - How a Mule Team was Composed - How it was Driven - How Mules were Obtained from the Corral - The Black Snake and its Uses- An Incident - Mule Ears - His Pastimes - As a Kicker the Original Mugwump - What Josh Billings ...
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... Mule of Regimental Headquarters - His Company - Light Batteries- Lightening Loads - The Chafed and Footsore - Fording of Streams The Same by Night- Personal Reminiscences— " Close up ! ” - Marching in a Rainstorm Camping in a Rainstorm ...
... Mule of Regimental Headquarters - His Company - Light Batteries- Lightening Loads - The Chafed and Footsore - Fording of Streams The Same by Night- Personal Reminiscences— " Close up ! ” - Marching in a Rainstorm Camping in a Rainstorm ...
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... Mule Team 150. A Mule Eating an Overcoat 151. A Corral 152 . Dismounted . 153. Oats for Six 266 269 271 272 · 273 276 276 • 277 278 279 280 281 283 284 285 151. Dumped into the Potomac 288 155. The Rear - Guard of the Regiment 290 156.
... Mule Team 150. A Mule Eating an Overcoat 151. A Corral 152 . Dismounted . 153. Oats for Six 266 269 271 272 · 273 276 276 • 277 278 279 280 281 283 284 285 151. Dumped into the Potomac 288 155. The Rear - Guard of the Regiment 290 156.
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... Mule - Driver 185. Wagon Train on a Pontoon Bridge 186. Commissary Depot at Cedar Level 187. A Mule - team under Fire . 188. The Bull Train • 189. General Meade and the Quartermaster . 190. Old Cronies · 191. Present Badge of Engineer ...
... Mule - Driver 185. Wagon Train on a Pontoon Bridge 186. Commissary Depot at Cedar Level 187. A Mule - team under Fire . 188. The Bull Train • 189. General Meade and the Quartermaster . 190. Old Cronies · 191. Present Badge of Engineer ...
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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.