The Old Army

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The Old Army is written by Edward M. Coffman and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0195045556 (ISBN 10) and 9780195045550 (ISBN 13).

Uses diaries, letters, and official documents to depict the lives of nineteenth-century American soldiers, discusses recruitment, training, health, pay, clothing, food, and military justice, and looks at the attitudes of soldiers and officers