
With the help of co-author, David Rimer, Bill wrote a seven-novel series that traces the entire history of the 13th Pennsylvania Reserves. The regiment is also known as the Bucktails, the 42nd PA Volu

Bill first learned of the Bucktails on a sixth grade school trip. Ironically, he attended Lincoln Elementary School.

Billy's sixth grade classmates gather around the Bucktail Monument in Gettysburg to hear the history of the regiment in May of 1962.

Many thanks to McKean Co. Company I Bucktail reenactors. From l-r are Kyle Nobles, Sergeant Tom Nobles, John Stengel, Chris Beatty, Sergeant Clarence Walker & Larry Fox.

Bucktail Company I Private, William N. Maxson, was only 17 when he was killed at South Mountain. (Courtesy of Bob Houben)

Daniel Blett seved as drillmaster for Company K of the original Bucktails. (Courtesy of Dr. Gary Grove)

Ferdinand Kilbourne served as the bugler for Company I of McKean County. He was wounded at Harrisonburg and captured at Cross Keys. (Courtesy of the Family)

Like the Bucktails he writes about, Bill is an avid deer hunter. He shot his biggest buck in 2001 up Oil Valley.

The BUCKTAIL TALES audio book captures the escapades and heroics of the Bucktails in the author's own voice.

A BUCKTAIL CIVIL WAR GAME relives the Seven Day's Battles of 1862. The game is available at www.thegamecrafter.com.