In April 1861, Private Webster Colburn enlisted in the Union infantry for three months.
Haversacks, Hardtack, and Unserviceable Mules is the true story of one man\'s private war to survive a year in the infantry and artillery, and four more years in the demanding job of a q.
Five years later, with a few more stripes and thousands of miles behind him, Major Webster Colburn, a Union Quartermaster mustered out of the Army in June 1866.
President Lincoln believed the war would end within that time.
In April 1861, Private Webster Colburn enlisted in the Union infantry for three months