Hard Tack and Coffee: or the Unwritten Story of Army Life

First published more than 100 years ago, Hard Tack And Coffee is John Billings? absorbing first-person account of the everyday life of a U. S. Army soldier during the Civil War. Billings attended a reunion of Civil War veterans in 1881 that brought together a group of survivors whose memories and stories of the war compelled him to write this account. Illustrated by Charles W. Reed, this edition is enhanced with over 200 sketches that reflect the sights and scenes of America?s most turbulent era.