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n;on the mantle. be oferiover amhis'jk 1 Why llie Rebels are Called,,ies- opmoi!el* In ISGI the F«der»l soldiers called the in the lheRebels “Secesh;” in 1862 “Confeds;” in }ier pa nb- 1833, “Greybacks,” and in 1861 they callthem “Johnnies ” A correspondent gives us j © )ne i the f dlowing information about the origin ofi the last named sobriquet: j ^retl j The name of Johnny originated in a quar 'I rel between a couple of Pickets, begin by the | , plut | Federal telling the Rebel that they (the Reb-1 , .J i W«iWI lt;11 VV1IHI0 \ v ^ j 1 ♦the I eis) depended on E tgland to get out of this | e*se 11 scrape, which the Rebel denied emphatically, j propos saying they were able to scrape themselves out.; Feden \ One word brought on another, until the Fed- hostiliitheeral said his opponent was no better than a j Clay, Johnny Bull anyhow; the Rebel swore he j been { would shoot Yank if he cal ed him a Johnny j J£nr0p , Bull again, The quarrel was stopped by j the another picket, and they soon cooled down,j „ ,— i but the Rebel kept muttering: “I’d as soon j ‘ 011 dty ha called a nigger as Johuny Bull.”—Z?o»for»jent clt;its^ - 'On-' —-- J----- --------Transcript coast
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Wilmington Clinton Republican
Wilmington, Ohio, US
Fri, Aug 05, 1864
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