Billy Yanke (Checkmate Lincolnites!)

Billy Yanke is the main titular protagonist of the webseries "Checkmate Lincolnites" by Atun-Shei Films. A series focused on debunking myths about the American Civil War made by Lost Cause Evangelists.
Billy was an American Union soldier that fought for the North during the American Civil War. Later, he would dedicate his time to criticizing tenets of the Lost Cause Myth. He would often disprove various aspects from how Confederate Monuments are racist and how Gods and Generals was "Neo-Confederate Propaganda". It was takes like these that got the attention of Johnny Reb, who invited Billy Yanke onto his show to try and call him a "soyboy". This failed and overtime the two would grow to become archrivals and frenemies. 
He is played by Andrew Rakich, the owner of the Atun-Shei Films Youtube Channel and film company of the same name.
== Personality ==
Billy Yanke is the opposite of Johnny Reb, while Johnny can be rude, manipulative, and sometimes racist. Billy Yanke is more accepting, calm, and honest.
He is willing to actually get facts right and when Johnny resorts to name-calling or insults, like in every video, Billy doesn't counter with his own insults or name-calling. Instead he provides actual historical context to his claims and ideas. 
Billy also comes prepared for each debate, bringing with him a bag of sources like in the Black Confederates Episode or pulling his book on the US Constitution to show that secession was illegal.
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