Secesh

I captured a "secesh" horse found running loose, -- for my own horse had been killed and I had been afoot quite a long time, -- mounted him, and as son as the state of the contest would permit, I rode to Major Sturgis, informed him of Lyon's death, and told him he must assume the command, which he accordingly did. ❋ John M. Schofield (N/A)

But the 'secesh' soldier has more than this -- he has the desperation of a traitor in a bad cause, of a fanatic and of a natural savage. ❋ Various (N/A)

The people were evidently strongly "secesh," although some of them professed to be glad to see us. ❋ George T. Stevens (N/A)

Wild rumors were running through the camp all day that the 'secesh' had been reinforced, were ten thousand strong, and, with forty pieces of cannon, would attack us that night. ❋ Various (N/A)

“You little rascal, what are you doing in those 'secesh' clothes?” ❋ Cody, William F (1879)

As I came out of the Charleston Hotel, I handed a dollar to Marcus, the old "secesh" porter, who has been there for twenty-five years, and has more sympathy with the old condition of things than the new. ❋ Unknown (1869)

A scene at a government auction: Henry and Titus are rivals, bidding for a piece of "secesh" furniture. ❋ Unknown (1867)

It was a fair fight, they said, but the South had been starved out; one dark-eyed young South-Carolinian said, for his part he was going home to settle down, and if any body ever said "secesh" to him again, he meant to knock 'em over. ❋ Unknown (1866)

We strolled along the banks of the beautiful river, gathering flowers and glancing at our "secesh" neighbors on the opposite bank, only a few yards distant; or we lounged in the shade of our tents, enjoying the charms of a lovely May day, while the terrible din of battle on the right, where Hooker's forces were contending, shook the ground beneath us, and we knew that ere the sun set, thousands of our brave comrades must be sacrificed. ❋ George T. Stevens (N/A)

"secesh;" and the old soldiers wear grave faces as they pass to and fro between the War Department and General Scott's headquarters. ❋ T. C. DeLeon (N/A)

"I don't doubt it a bit," remarked the President, "for I know Mr. Garrett, and like him very well, and if I believed -- which I don't, by any means -- all the things some people say about his 'secesh' principles, he might say to you as was said by the Superintendent of a certain railroad to a son of one my predecessors in office. ❋ Unknown (1868)

But the state's secesh want to keep their tax dollars at home and put them toward localized food economies (calling it "food sovereignty"), energy supplies based on wind and water, and credit lines out of community lenders freed from the distant tyrannical rate controls of central banks. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Union-“secesh” tensions rippled through Washoe; fights erupted, shootings occurred over the question. ❋ Ron Powers (2005)

Still, real tensions were mounting, carrying undertones of the war back east: Nevada was controlled by Unionists, but in California, “secesh” sentiment prevailed. ❋ Ron Powers (2005)

* Jane Clemens later repeated a rumor that “when Sam and W B were on the Alonzo Child they quarreled and Sam let go the wheel to whip Will for talking secesh secession and made Will hush.” ❋ Ron Powers (2005)

It is possible that Booth—whose only formal role for his beloved “secesh” cause was running quinine and other medicines behind enemy lines—acted at the request or silent encouragement of others far more powerful than he in a general plot to destabilize the government in Washington during the final phases of the war. ❋ WARREN GETLER (2003)