Life of Billy Yank The Common Soldier of the Union

Name: Life of Billy Yank The Common Soldier of the Union
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ISBN: 9780807133750

ISBN-10: 0807133752

ISBN-13: 9780807133750

Edition: 2009

Authors: Bell Irvin Wiley, James I. Robertson, James I. Robertson

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In this companion to The Life of Johnny Reb, Bell Irvin Wiley explores the daily lives of the men in blue who fought to save the Union. With the help of many soldiers' letters and diaries, Wiley explains who these men were and why they fought, how they reacted to combat and the strain of prolonged conflict, and what they thought about the land and the people of Dixie. This fascinating social history reveals that while the Yanks and the Rebs fought for very different causes, the men on both sides were very much the same. Book jacket.

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: LSU Press
Publication date: 9/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 488
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

Bell Irivn Wiley (1906–1980), who edited this volume for publication, was a noted historian of the Confederacy.



Foreword



Preface


Introduction



Southward Ho!



From Reveille to Taps



The Supreme Test



In Dixie Land



Along Freedom Road



The Depths of Suffering



Gay and Happy Still



Toeing the Mark



Hardtack, Salt Horse and Coffee



Evil and Goodness



The Spirits Ebb and Flow



The Men Who Wore the Blue



Billy Yank and Johnny Reb


Notes


Bibliographical Notes


Index