Earl Schenck Miers 
Billy Yank and Johnny Reb How They Fought and Made Up [EPUB ebook] 

Here are the battles and the people of the Civil War presented from the point of view of the common soldiers who fought the battles and the common people who lived through the war.Earl Schenck Miers is one of the best known among writers on the Civil War. In this book he proves not only his thorough familiarity with his subject, but also his understanding of young people and his amazing ability to present strictly factual material in so dramatic a fashion that it becomes more exciting and moving than any imaginative adventure story could be.-Goodreads.Earl Schenck Miers (27 May 1910 — 17 November 1972) was an American historian. He wrote over 100 books, mostly about the history of the American Civil War. Some of them were intended for children, including three historic novels in the We Were There series.