The life of Billy Yank : the common soldier of the Union /
This book explores the daily lives of the men in blue who fought to save the Union. With the help of many soldiers' letters and diaries, the author 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 l...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
1978, ©1971.
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| Summary: | This book explores the daily lives of the men in blue who fought to save the Union. With the help of many soldiers' letters and diaries, the author 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 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 454 pages, 14 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 438-446) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780807104774 0807104779 9780807104767 0807104760 |