Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library
"Hard tack"
[ca. 1861–1865]
From "War Memories" catalog: There is no necessity to tell the "boys" what this is; they all remember the old chorus of the old army song about "Hard Tack:" "Many days we have crunched you until our jaws are sore, Oh! "Soft Bread" come again once more."
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