Hardtack and Coffee: The Unwritten Story of Army Life (1887) is a memoir by John D. Billings. Billings was a veteran of the 10th Massachusetts Volunteer Light Artillery Battery in the American Civil War. Originally published in 1888, Hard Tack and Coffee quickly became a best seller, and is now considered one of the most important books written by a Civil War veteran. "Hard Tack and Coffee" is not about battles, but rather about how the common Union soldiers of the Civil War lived in camp and on the march. What would otherwise be a mundane subject is enlivened by Billings' humorous prose. 408 pages.
Title: Hard Tack and Coffee
ISBN Number: 0809442108
ISBN-13: 9780809442102
Location Published: STAN CLARK MILITARY BOOKS
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: New
Size: 9x6
lbs: 0.00 lbs
Categories: Civil War, Confederacy, Union
Seller ID: mccw2013
Keywords: american civil war, civil war, confederacy, massachusetts volunteer light artillery battery, union
