Civil War Logistics Facts & Stories - Transportation Corps

(Billings, Hardtack and Coffee, p. 318) The soldier is a self-contained logistics system. His weapons were a rifle and a bayonet. His ordnance was carried in a cartridge box and cap box. Water was supplied from a canteen and rations were stored in a haversack. Extra clothing, ordnance and food was carried in a … ................
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