Billy Yank is the personification of the Northern states of the United States, or less generally, the Union during the American Civil War. The latter part of his name is derived from yankee, a slang term for Americans in general and for inhabitants of northeastern states in particular. Political cartoonists used Billy Yank and his Confederate counterpart Johnny Rebel to symbolize the combatants in the American Civil War of the 1860s.

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  • Billy Yank is the personification of the Northern states of the United States, or less generally, the Union during the American Civil War. The latter part of his name is derived from yankee, a slang term for Americans in general and for inhabitants of northeastern states in particular. Political cartoonists used Billy Yank and his Confederate counterpart Johnny Rebel to symbolize the combatants in the American Civil War of the 1860s. Billy Yank is usually pictured wearing a wool uniform that included the fatigue blouse, a light-weight wool coat with an inside pocket and four brass buttons on the front, with a forage cap made of wool broadcloth with a rounded, flat top, cotton lining, and leather visor. This is indicative of the fact that the Union uniform was standardized by U.S. War Department.
  • Billy Yank on Yhdysvaltain sisällissodassa Unionin puolella taistelleiden sotilaiden henkilöitymä. Billy Yank ja hänen Etelävaltioiden vastine Johnny Rebel symboloivat sisällissodan osapuolia aikansa poliittisissa pilapiirroksissa.
  • Billy Yank é a personificação dos estados do Norte dos Estados Unidos, mais especificamente da União durante a Guerra Civil Americana. O segundo nome é derivado de yankee, termo de calão para Americanos. Caricaturistas políticos usaram Billy Yank e o seu equivalente Confederado; Johnny Rebel, para simbolizar os combatentes da Guerra Civil Americana dos anos 60 do século XIX. Normalmente, Billy Yank, é representado usando um uniforme de lã, que incluía uma jaqueta e um bivaque. Isto indiciava que o uniforme da União era padronizado pelo Departamento de Guerra dos Estados Unidos.
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  • Billy Yank is the personification of the Northern states of the United States, or less generally, the Union during the American Civil War. The latter part of his name is derived from yankee, a slang term for Americans in general and for inhabitants of northeastern states in particular. Political cartoonists used Billy Yank and his Confederate counterpart Johnny Rebel to symbolize the combatants in the American Civil War of the 1860s.
  • Billy Yank on Yhdysvaltain sisällissodassa Unionin puolella taistelleiden sotilaiden henkilöitymä. Billy Yank ja hänen Etelävaltioiden vastine Johnny Rebel symboloivat sisällissodan osapuolia aikansa poliittisissa pilapiirroksissa.
  • Billy Yank é a personificação dos estados do Norte dos Estados Unidos, mais especificamente da União durante a Guerra Civil Americana. O segundo nome é derivado de yankee, termo de calão para Americanos. Caricaturistas políticos usaram Billy Yank e o seu equivalente Confederado; Johnny Rebel, para simbolizar os combatentes da Guerra Civil Americana dos anos 60 do século XIX. Normalmente, Billy Yank, é representado usando um uniforme de lã, que incluía uma jaqueta e um bivaque.
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