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Under the flag of the Nation : diaries and letters of a Yankee Volunteer in the Civil War choose

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[US] letter O.J. Hopkins Under The Flag (1961) 15 May 60: Go ahead boys! It all belongs to the Rebels; go in on your ‘mus’ (muscle)! March again at 3 p.m. toward Vicksburg.
at on the/one’s muss under muss, n.
[US] letter O.J. Hopkins Under The Flag (1961) 22 Aug. 154: We will have soft bread from this out.
at out, n.
[US] O.J. Hopkins letter in Under The Flag (1961) 24 Nov. 217: He [...] said ‘Give her my Comps’.
at comp, n.
[US] letter 24 Nov. in O.J. Hopkins Under The Flag (1961) 216: Take care, old girl!
at old gal, n.
[US] letter O.J. Hopkins Under The Flag (1961) 24 Nov. 217: That’s all they can think of, the ‘Greenies’: new recruits.
at greenie, n.1
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