The Life of Billy Yank

The Life of Billy Yank
Author: Bell Irvin Wiley
Publisher: LSU Press
Total Pages: 492
Release: 2008-09-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780807133750

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. "This wonderfully interesting book is the finest memorial the Union soldier is ever likely to have.... [Wiley] has written about the Northern troops with an admirable objectivity, with sympathy and understanding and profound respect for their fighting abilities. He has also written about them with fabulous learning and considerable pace and humor.

Billy Yank and Johnny Reb

Billy Yank and Johnny Reb
Author: Earl Schenck Miers
Publisher:
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2012-04-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781258301668

The Battles And People Of The Civil War As Viewed By The Soldiers Who Fought The Battles And The People Who Lived Through Them.

Billy Yank and Johnny Reb

Billy Yank and Johnny Reb
Author: Susan Provost Beller
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2007-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0822568039

Describes what life was like for soldiers on both sides during the Civil War, discussing camp life, food, marching, and the treatment of the wounded and prisoners of war, in a book that contains many first-person accounts of the war.

Soldiers Blue and Gray

Soldiers Blue and Gray
Author: James I. Robertson
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
Total Pages: 278
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781570032998

The poignant tale of Johnny Reb & Billy Yank.

Faces of Union Soldiers at South Mountain and Harpers Ferry

Faces of Union Soldiers at South Mountain and Harpers Ferry
Author: Matthew Borders
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2021
Genre: History
ISBN: 1467147435

The first Confederate invasion of the North in the fall of 1862 led to a series of engagements known as the Maryland Campaign. Though best remembered for its climax, there was desperate fighting at both South Mountain and Harpers Ferry prior to the bloodletting at Antietam Creek. These battles in particular were desperate affairs of bloody attacks and determined defense. In this work are the images of thirty Union soldiers, published here for the first time, that help give a face and a history to those men who struggled up the slopes of South Mountain or sheltered from Confederate cannons at Harpers Ferry. Join Matthew Borders and Joseph Stahl as they introduce you to these men, their battles and their stories.

The 16th Mississippi Infantry

The 16th Mississippi Infantry
Author: Robert G. Evans
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2002
Genre: Mississippi
ISBN: 9781578064861

"The words of these common soldiers fighting in one of the most notable units in the Army of Northern Virginia will fascinate both civil war buffs and historians.".

Embattled Courage

Embattled Courage
Author: Gerald Linderman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2008-06-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1439118574

Linderman traces each soldier's path from the exhilaration of enlistment to the disillusionment of battle to postwar alienation. He provides a rare glimpse of the personal battle that raged within soldiers then and now.

Poker & Pop Culture

Poker & Pop Culture
Author: Martin Harris
Publisher: D&B Publishing
Total Pages: 657
Release: 2019-06-23
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 191286200X

Introduced shortly after the United States declared its independence, poker’s growth and development has paralleled that of America itself. As a gambling game with mass appeal, poker has been played by presidents and peasants, at kitchen tables and final tables, for matchsticks and millions. First came the hands, then came the stories – some true, some pure bluffs, and many in between. In Poker & Pop Culture: Telling the Story of America’s Favorite Card Game, Martin Harris shares these stories while chronicling poker’s progress from 19th-century steamboats and saloons to 21st-century virtual tables online, including: Poker on the Mississippi Poker in the Movies Poker in the Old West Poker on the Newsstand Poker in the Civil War Poker in Literature Poker on the Bookshelf Poker in Music Poker in the White House Poker on Television Poker During Wartime Poker on the Computer From Mark Twain to “Dogs Playing Poker” to W.C. Fields to John Wayne to A Streetcar Named Desire to the Cold War to Kenny Rogers to ESPN to Star Trek: The Next Generation and beyond, Poker & Pop Culture provides a comprehensive survey of cultural productions in which poker is of thematic importance, showing how the game’s portrayal in the mainstream has increased poker’s relevance to American history and shaped the way we think about the game and its significance.