MILITARY HAND-BOOK,
AND
SOLDIERS’ MANUAL OF INFORMATION.
Embracing Pay-Lists of Officers and Men—Rations—
Incidents of Camp-Life—Hints on Health and
Comfort—How to Prepare Good Food from
Poor Rations—Recipes—Wounds, and
How to Care for Them—All about
Weapons of War, etc.; also
Official Articles of War,
AND A COMPLETE
DICTIONARY OF MILITARY TERMS.
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BEADLE AND COMPANY, Publishers,
141 William St., New York.
Transcriber’s Note
Obsolete words, alternative spelling and dialect were not changed. Unprinted letters and punctuation were added, as necessary. Quotation marks were adjusted, where necessary. The first three entries to the contents of Union Songbook No. 1 are missing letters in the original. The last entry to contents of Dime Song Book No. 2 is out of alphabetical order in the original.
Obvious printing errors were corrected, such as duplicate words and letters, upside down letters, and letters or spacing in the wrong order. Other changes:
‘breath’ to ‘[breathe]’ in ‘Thou art gone from my Gaze’
‘snaw’ to ‘[snow]’ in ‘John Anderson, My Jo, John’
‘voie’ to ‘[voice]’ last line in ‘The Musical Wife’
‘shahowy’ to ‘[shadowy]’ in ‘the Grave of Uncle True’
‘BAEDLE’S’ to ‘[BEADLE’S]’ in the advertisement at the end of the book