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[US] C.D. Benson ‘Here’s Your Mule’ in B.L. Ridley Battles and Sketches of the Army of Tennessee 462: Old Stonewall Jackson’s in the field / Here’s your mule, Oh, here’s your mule.
at here’s your mule under mule, n.
[US] in B.L. Ridley Battles and Sketches of the Army of Tennessee (1906) 444: It was not considered shocking to [...] partake of the hospitality of a soldier’s tent, in the shape of a ‘jigger’.
at jigger, n.3
[US] in B.L. Ridley Battles and Sketches of the Army of Tennessee (1906) 446: Instead of flasks of gin, we found something else, ‘not pine top,’ nor ‘Confederate pop skull,’ nor ‘Jeff Davis bust head,’ but great heavens! peach brandy.
at pine-top, n.
[US] in B.L. Ridley Battles and Sketches of the Army of Tennessee (1906) 446: Instead of flasks of gin, we found someting else, not ‘pine top,’ nor ‘Confederate pop skull,’ nor ‘Jeff Davis bust head,’ but great heavens! peach brandy.
at popskull, n.
[US] in B.L. Ridley Battles and Sketches of the Army of Tennessee (1906) 481: Old Aunt Dinah and Uncle Tom will only be heard of in the past.
at aunt, n.
[US] in B.L. Ridley Battles and Sketches of the Army of Tennessee (1906) 460: See a fellow with a Bee Gum hat ride down the line, ‘He’s a gentleman from the States’.
at bee-gum (hat), n.
[US] in B.L. Ridley Battles and Sketches of the Army of Tennessee (1906) 460: The North Carolinians are called ‘Tar Heels;’ [...] Missourians, ‘Border Ruffians’.
at border ruffian (n.) under border, n.
[US] in B.L. Ridley Battles and Sketches of the Army of Tennessee (1906) 454: My men halloo out: ‘Lie down, Mr. Govan, Mr. Bate is now gwine to pop a cap’.
at pop a cap (v.) under cap, n.2
[US] in B.L. Ridley Battles and Sketches of the Army of Tennessee (1906) 460: The cavalry, [are called] ‘Buttermilk Rangers;’ infantry, ‘Webfoot.’.
at web-foot, n.
[US] in B.L. Ridley Battles and Sketches of the Army of Tennessee (1906) 461: Wheel into line! By turn around! Git!
at git!, excl.
[US] in B.L. Ridley Battles and Sketches of the Army of Tennessee (1906) 460: The North Carolinians are called ‘Tar Heels;’ Georgians, ‘Goober Grabblers’.
at goober-grabber, n.1
[US] in B.L. Ridley Battles and Sketches of the Army of Tennessee (1906) 460: The North Carolinians are called ‘Tar Heels;’ [...] Floridians, ‘Gophers’.
at gopher, n.1
[US] B.L. Ridley Battles and Sketches of the Army of Tennessee (1906) 460: Cavalry tantalization to Webfoot: ‘If you want to get buttermilk, jine the cavalry.’ Old Webfoot replies: ‘If you want to catch h--l, jine the Webfoot.’.
at catch hell (v.) under hell, n.
[US] in B.L. Ridley Battles and Sketches of the Army of Tennessee (1906) 461: The rude and untrained soldier would [...] say ‘T-w-e-l-v-e o’-c-l-o-c-k, and sleepy as h--l!’.
at as hell (adv.) under hell, n.
[US] in B.L. Ridley Battles and Sketches of the Army of Tennessee (1906) 461: I [...] put on a biled shirt and a paper collar and rode down division line. They began on me, ‘Ahem! Umph! Umph! Biled shirt! Ladies’ man! Parlor ornament! Take him to his ma!’.
at parlor snake (n.) under parlor, n.
[US] in B.L. Ridley Battles and Sketches of the Army of Tennessee (1906) 460: The North Carolinians are called ‘Tar Heels’ [...] Virginians, ‘Tobbacco [sic] Worms.’.
at tobacco worm, n.
[US] in B.L. Ridley Battles and Sketches of the Army of Tennessee (1906) 460: The North Carolinians are called ‘Tar Heels’ [...] Arkansans, ‘Tooth-picks.’.
at toothpick, n.
[US] in B.L. Ridley Battles and Sketches of the Army of Tennessee (1906) 460: The North Carolinians are called ‘Tar Heels;’ [...] Alabamians, ‘Yaller Hammers.’.
at yellowhammer, n.
[US] in B.L. Ridley Battles and Sketches of the Army of Tennessee (1906) 458: General S. succeeds in having a barrel of peach brandy [...] given him by Mr. Vaughn. Yum! yum!
at yum!, excl.
[US] in B.L. Ridley Battles and Sketches of the Army of Tennessee (1906) 543: Come then, ‘Rebels,’ ‘Johnnies,’ ‘Gray-backs,’ ‘Yanks,’ and ‘Blue-coats,’ come along.
at bluecoat, n.
[US] in B.L. Ridley Battles and Sketches of the Army of Tennessee (1906) 486: Champ Ferguson’s company of Confederate Bushwhackers could place a ball at any given point.
at bushwhacker, n.1
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