![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](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/434397/501872b96b551af382c46216a5631693e0691090/original/scan0001.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
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.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/434397/4387f882de345e31ff164877ee02262319a0ce81/original/billat12.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
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.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/434397/3f920b63515e408ca8dd2f9fff44dc3b71fa751e/original/bucktailmonumentpatroltrip.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
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.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/434397/594735599331bdbb19a3879dbfbdc654bf96440a/original/companyilrkylenoblessergeant.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
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)](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/434397/f5d228fa75e5f469d2425fd094ffc99f44e4cf6c/original/williamn.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
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)](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/434397/c574ba06e588a9d3a49a88c9995da01a5fd0a76e/original/danielblett.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
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)](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/434397/e42851284216165d908134ae9c52481cd0c5a682/original/bucktail-ferdinand-kilbourne-color.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
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.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/434397/9539de1cc1e967e35745177ae8468002487b67e2/original/thedeerhunter.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
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.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/434397/58a27960740d80f5ce71e799923b94fc117af5c2/original/bucktail-tales-final-front-cover-resized.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
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.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/434397/400bbaa287717adaff72de1fb484d7a2e794b9f8/original/game-box-design-2-resized.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
A BUCKTAIL CIVIL WAR GAME relives the Seven Day's Battles of 1862. The game is available at www.thegamecrafter.com.