1861 letter in Silber & Sievens Yankee Correspondence (1996) 57: That big bull-headed Goddard getting his muscle up on salt junk and crackers!at bullheaded, adj.
1861 letter in Silber & Sievens Yankee Correspondence (1996) 57: I say ‘Bully for them’.at bully for —! (excl.) under bully, adj.1
1861 letter in Silber & Sievens Yankee Correspondence (1996) 57: That big bull-headed Goddard getting his muscle up on salt junk and crackers!at junk, n.1
1861 letter in Silber & Sievens Yankee Correspondence (1996) 56: What I want to see done is, that if Baltimore makes any farther resistance to the passage of troops through her streets, that bloody ‘Plug Ugly’ city cleaned up!at plug-ugly, n.
1861 letter in Silber & Sievens Yankee Correspondence (1996) 56: I’ve been steaming on here at what is sometimes termed ‘a great grist’.at steam, v.2
1862 letter in Silber & Sievens Yankee Correspondence (1996) 66: There are any amount of darkies coming into camp here every day.at darkie, n.
1862 letter in Silber & Sievens Yankee Correspondence (1996) 66: These Northern contractors & politicians want fat offices and fat jobs by & by.at fat, adj.
1862 letter in Silber & Sievens Yankee Correspondence (1996) 95: A knowing leer to his eye & an extremely niggerish grin lurking about his mouth.at niggerish (adj.) under nigger, n.1
1862 letter in Silber & Sievens Yankee Correspondence (1996) 95: Tom was a ‘right smart boy’.at right, adv.
1862 letter in Silber & Sievens Yankee Correspondence (1996) 62: He is faithful & honest as the sun, smart, spunky, yet respectful & quiet.at spunky, adj.
1862 letter in Silber & Sievens Yankee Correspondence (1996) 67: If I was out of the army, I wouldn’t stir a peg to enlist.at stir one’s stumps (v.) under stir, v.
1862 letter in Silber & Sievens Yankee Correspondence (1996) 63: One was looking under the Bed to take the value of the thunder jug.at thundermug (n.) under thunder, n.
1863 letter in Silber & Sievens Yankee Correspondence (1996) 192: I have been much amused by attending some of their shouts or religious dances – in which they form a ring singing and dancing for hours.at shout, n.
1865 letter in Silber & Sievens Yankee Correspondence (1996) 153: You must not care what they say just keep cool and they will get sick of blowing after a while.at blow, v.1
1865 letter in Silber & Sievens Yankee Correspondence (1996) 152: I was in hopes you would keep on the right side of her you know that when she gets a little miff against anyone she will go to all lengths.at miffed, adj.
1865 letter in Silber & Sievens Yankee Correspondence (1996) 153: I told him to dry up or I would smash his mug for him.at mug, n.1
1865 letter in Silber & Sievens Yankee Correspondence (1996) 153: He said that he had heard that you was sasaing [sic] around all sorts with any one you could get a chance to.at sashay, v.
1865 letter in Silber & Sievens Yankee Correspondence (1996) 153: You must not care what they say just keep cool and they will get sick of blowing after a while [...] if I live to come home they will not dare to spout on us.at spout off (v.) under spout, v.1