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secesh, n. and a. U.S. Hist. colloq. (sɪˈsɛʃ) [Shortened from secession.] A. n. a. A secessionist. Also secessionists collectively.1862 O. W. Holmes Old Vol. of Life (1891) 36 ‘There are two wounded Secesh’, said my companion. 1879 Tourgee Fool's Errand vi. 25, I was one of the original ‘Secesh’,—on...
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Secesh River
The Secesh River is a tributary of the South Fork Salmon River in Idaho and Valley Counties, Idaho in the United States. The river begins at the confluence of Lake Creek and Summit Creek near the unincorporated community of Burgdorf and flows generally southeast, through Secesh
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secesher
secesher colloq. U.S. (sɪˈsɛʃə(r)) [f. secesh + -er1.] A secessionist.1861 O. W. Holmes Sweet Little Man 47 While the wind scatters the chaffy seceshers. 1861 Lowell Biglow P. Ser. ii. i. Poems 1890 II. 239 Knowin' t' much might spile a boy for bein' a Secesher.
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South Fork Salmon River
About midway along its course, it is joined by its two main tributaries – the East Fork South Fork Salmon River from the east and the Secesh River from Boaters frequently put in at the Secesh River, about above the mouth of the South Fork on the main stem Salmon.
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sesh
sesh, n. colloq. (orig. Services'). (sɛʃ) [Repr. pronunc. of abbrev. of session n. 7; cf. secesh n. and a.] A session or bout, esp. of drinking.1943 Airflow (Ceylon) Christmas 368/1 An Orderly Sergeant, roused from a convivial ‘sesh’ on Boxing Night. 1944 G. Netherwood Desert Squadron 119 Empty lage...
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Jack Hinson
was investigated by the Union Provost Marshal, with many of Hinson's neighbors attesting to his decades of violence before the war and his well-known "Secesh
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greyback
grey-back, greyback (ˈgreɪbæk) 1. U.S. colloq. A Confederate soldier in the American Civil War.1864 Daily Tel. 7 July 3/4 The last thing he is likely to attempt is to send a solitary grayback or an army of gray-backs beyond the mountains. 1870 T. W. Higginson Army Life vi. 152 Yonder loitering gray-...
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John Hicks Adams
<ref>Reader, Copperheads, Secesh Men, and Confederate Guerillas", Part 3: The Mason-Henry Gang</ref>
While in office Adams acquired a good reputation
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Plug Uglies
scoundrels cannot afford to miss this golden opportunity of indulging their brutal natures, and at the same time serving their colleagues the Copperheads and secesh
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heft
▪ I. heft, n.1 (hɛft) [A late deriv. of heave v.; app. analogical: cf. weave, weft, thieve, theft, etc., also heft pa. pple. = heaved. In sense 1, there was perh. immediate association with heavy.] I. 1. a. Weight, heaviness, ponderousness. dial. and U.S.1558 T. Phaer æneid vii. S iij b, A swarme of...
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Camp Babbitt
On December 24, 1862, McLaughlin wrote for reinforcements, in the face of rising tensions between the Union and Secesh factions.
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fire-eater
ˈfire-ˌeater 1. A juggler who eats or pretends to eat fire.1672 Evelyn Diary 8 Oct., Richardson the famous Fire-eater..before us devour'd brimston on glowing coales, chewing and swallowing them. 1762 Goldsm. Cit. W. lxxxv, Stage-players, fire-eaters..and wire-walkers..ought not entirely to be despis...
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USS Canandaigua (1862)
Off Charleston on May 15, 1863, Canandaigua took the sloop Secesh; later she destroyed another blockade runner, and aided in the capture of a schooner
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Burgdorf, Idaho
Historic Places listings in Idaho County, Idaho
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Discover McCall.com - Burgdorf
Visit Idaho.org - Burgdorf Hot Springs
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George Anson Pease
Confederate sympathizers in Oregon, referred to derogatorily as "secesh" by opposing Unionists, occasionally replaced the flag of the Union with that of
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