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Bell Irvin Wiley

Bell Irvin Wiley (January 5, 1906 – April 4, 1980) was an American historian who specialized in the American Civil War and was an authority on military history and the social history of common people.

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Born	5 Jan 1906
Died	4 Apr 1980

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Southern Negroes 1861-1865

by Bell Irvin Wiley First published in 1938 — 15 editions
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The life of Johnny Reb: the common soldier of the Confederacy

by Bell Irvin Wiley
First published in 1943 — 14 editions
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The Life of Billy Yank: The Common Soldier of the Union

by Bell Irvin Wiley First published in 1952 — 12 editions

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The plain people of the Confederacy

by Bell Irvin Wiley
First published in 1943 — 11 editions
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Embattled Confederates: an illustrated history of Southerners at war.

by Bell Irvin Wiley and Hirst Dillon Milhollen First published in 1964 — 8 editions
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The road to Appomattox.

by Bell Irvin Wiley
First published in 1956 — 5 editions
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The Image of the War, 1861-1865: Volume I: Shadows of the Storm

by Bell Irvin Wiley, William C. Davis, and National Historical Society First published in 1981 — 5 editions
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The common soldier of the Civil War

by Bell Irvin Wiley
First published in 1973 — 4 editions
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Rebel Private Front and Rear

by William Andrew Fletcher and Bell Irvin Wiley First published in 1954 — 4 editions

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Civil War Times Illustrated: Photographic History of the Civil War: Fort Sumter to Gettysburg

by William C. Davis and Bell Irvin Wiley First published in 1994 — 4 editions
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The Image of the War, 1861-1865: Volume II: The Guns of '62

by National Historical Society, William C. Davis, and Bell Irvin Wiley First published in 1981 — 4 editions
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The Image of War, 1861-1865: Volume III: The Embattled Confederacy

by National Historical Society, William C. Davis, and Bell Irvin Wiley First published in 1982 — 3 editions
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The Image of War: 1861-1865: Volume IV: Fighting for Time

by National Historical Society, William C. Davis, and Bell Irvin Wiley First published in 1983 — 3 editions
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The life of Billy Yank, the common soldier of the Union

by Bell Irvin Wiley First published in 1952 — 3 editions
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They who fought here.

by Bell Irvin Wiley First published in 1959 — 3 editions

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The Procurement And Training Of Ground Combat Troops

by Robert R. Palmer, Bell Irvin Wiley, and William R. Keast
First published in 2003 — 2 editions
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American democracy: a documentary record : 1620-1865

by J. Rogers Hollingsworth, Bell Irvin Wiley, and J. Rogers Hollingsworth First published in 1961 — 2 editions
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The Civil War Times Illustrated Photographic History of the Civil War, Volume II: Vicksburg to Appomattox

by William C. Davis and Bell Irvin Wiley First published in 1994 — 2 editions

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Kingdom coming: the Emancipation Proclamation of September 22, 1862, an address delivered at the Chicago Historical Society, September 21, 1962

by Bell Irvin Wiley First published in 1962 — 2 editions
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Slaves no more: letters from Liberia, 1833-1869

by Bell Irvin Wiley First published in 1980 — 2 editions
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Born	5 Jan 1906
Died	4 Apr 1980

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OLID: OL623497A
ISNI: 0000000108597890
Library of Congress Names: n79091399
Project Gutenberg: 51870
VIAF: 108699803
Wikidata: Q4883193
Inventaire.io: wd:Q4883193

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Bell I. Wiley
Bell Irvin. New foreword by C. Vann Woodward Wiley

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