Life of Billy Yank
Subtitle: The Common Soldier of the Union
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: June 1979
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 488
ISBN-13: 9780807104767
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Civil war; Soldiers; History: American; History - Military / War; USA; United States; Military - General; United States - Civil War; Civil War, 1861-1865; History; Personal narratives
First sentence: TWENTY-EIGHT years ago, when I had completed research for The Life of Billy Yank, I estimated that I had read twenty thousand letters written by the men who wore the blue.