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Beller, Susan Provost

Billy Yank and Johnny Reb: Soldiering in the Civil War

96 pp. | Lerner/Twenty-first Century | September, 2000 | Library ISBN 0-7613-1869-0 $$26.90
(3) YA Using archival photos from the Civil War and excerpts from memoirs, diaries, and letters of Union and Confederate soldiers, Beller has written an accessible and poignant narrative about what life was like for soldiers in the war: dealing with boredom, overcoming disease (two-thirds of all war deaths were disease related), and adapting to the horrific prisoner-of-war conditions. A map and chronology are appended. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Jack Forman

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