1863 Annals of the Army of the Cumberland 542: He [...] ‘dug up’ some items of much interest to the Union cause.at dig up, v.1
1863 Annals of the Army of the Cumberland 61: ‘General, you are leading a hard life,’ we remarked [...] ‘Yes, rather hard, and if this life were all, it would be a wretched drag.’.at drag, n.1
1863 Army Police Record in Annals of the Army of the Cumberland 543: Colonel Truesdail established a special ‘grape-vine’ mail for Nashville and vicinity rebeldom.at grapevine, n.1
1863 Army Police Record in Annals of the Army of the Cumberland 519: Moore and Blue, who had become fast friends, separated, the latter going into Missouri on several jayhawking expeditions.at jayhawk, v.
1863 Army Police Record in Annals of the Army of the Cumberland 606: We will knock those cities cold as a wedge.at knock cold (v.) under knock, v.
1863 Army Police Record in Annals of the Army of the Cumberland 609: The language he used respecting the Federal troops was, ‘Kill ’em! Plant ’em out! Manure the soil with ’em!’.at plant, v.1
1863 Army Police Record in Annals of the Army of the Cumberland 585: Inquiries [...] disclosed the fact that Stewart was a rebel of the deepest dye and had been ‘playing off’ all the time.at play, v.
1863 Army Police Record in Annals of the Army of the Cumberland 535: He says you are a great sis.at sis, n.
1863 Annals of the Army of the Cumberland 638: A lady of Northern birth and education, but a bitter rebel, was reading to a mixed company [...] and embracing an old negress, calling her ‘sister,’ &c..at sister, n.
1863 Army Police Record in Annals of the Army of the Cumberland 602: He ran off at the time of the general ‘skedaddle,’ and is now a fugitive.at skedaddle, n.
1863 Army Police Record in Annals of the Army of the Cumberland 602: He declared the true policy to be to attack the city, and, if necessary, ‘to make Nashville ash-ville.’.at -ville, sfx1