Encyclopedia of Civil War Usage
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (977 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0785823468 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 274 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Give'm the bulge! Bully for Garrison!" according to Todd E. Newman. If my above mentioned words didn't offer what this book is about I don't know what will. Cheryl and Webb Garrison have assembled a great book featuring Civil War slang, lingo and material names. Words such as chinch (bed bug), hardware (weapon), leg case (desertion) pop-skull (whiskey) and yaller dog (coward). These are just a small few of the many words in this great book on Civil War era language. T. The supreme reference tool for the American Civil War M. G. SFAELLOU This is undoubtedly one of the greatest reference works about the American Civil War, written by one of the most renowned scholars in this field. The 2,500 entries range from 'A1' and 'abaft' to 'Zouave'. There is a rich collection of slang terms that represent the speech of both sides in the War as well as entries that refer to weapons and machines. There are also many nicknames of generals and high-. Factual Error? hittingthebooks.com I had been using this book as a research tool for a story I'm writing, and it seems to be pretty useful. However, I found this entry:"Lo. A nickname for Confederate Gen. Lewis A. Addison, a ladies man with a reputation of a Lothario. Gen. John B. Magruder allegedly coined the usage with regard to Addison."This gave me pause, because I knew that Confederate General Lewis Armistead was also known as "Lo
There are very few, if any, guides to the language used by the generation that fought the American Civil War.Based on thirty years of research, Garrison has produced this dictionary of slang and phrases commonly used during the war.
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.. Like much of the language used during the Civil War, they have vanished from everyday speech. Compiled from military and naval reports, diaries, letters, memoirs, eyewitness accounts, autobiographies, legislation and government reports, the book covers slang and standard words and phrases used in both the Union and Confederate armies. From Publishers Weekly Gumps! Wharf lice! Ditch hunters! Though it's reasonably clear that those terms are insults, few people have any idea what they mean. The Encyclopedia of Civil War Usage: An Illustrated Compendium
Garrison was associate dean of Emory University and president of McKendree College."CHERYL GARRISON" is an artist, writer, and cofounder and Vice President of Educational Development of the Iron Disorders Institute. . The editor of IdInsight magazine, read worldwide by physicians and patients alike, she lives in Clyde, North Carolina