The Civil War historian recounts a significant yet smaller battle in the Shenandoah Valley—showing how it changed the war and the lives of those present.
Some Confederates called him a "e;Bluebelly,"e; "e;Mudsill,"e; and even a "e;Lincolnite"e; (for President Abraham Lincoln), but the name that has carried down through the decades is simply "e;Billy Yank.