Confederate soldier


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Noun1.Confederate soldier - a soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil WarConfederate soldier - a soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
bushwhacker - a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War
Confederate - a supporter of the Confederate States of America
soldier - an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the soldiers stood at attention"
greyback, Johnny, Johnny Reb, Reb, Rebel - `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
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The clothing was gray, the uniform of a Confederate soldier. The coat and waistcoat, unbuttoned, had fallen away on each side, exposing the white shirt.
The statue, a single Confederate soldier facing east, was placed in 1906 in front of The Lyceum.
Founded in honor of a fallen Confederate soldier, the red-brick building sits on Main Street in this picturesque town of 15,000 at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains and is the heart of its vibrant and devout Catholic community.
Triangle WILPF members have been a regular presence at student-initiated protests at the "Silent Sam" statue of a Confederate soldier that has occupied the entry to UNC Chapel Hill since 1913.
Donald Trump asked black voters to "honour" him in the US midterm elections - minutes before praising Confederate soldier, General Robert E.
Below her are 32 life-size figures, among them a black soldier fighting alongside his white master and an older black woman holding a crying white infant as its father, a Confederate soldier, kisses the baby before he heads off to battle.
A Confederate soldier returns to Mississippi after deserting, where he leads a band of unhappy locals against the powers that be.
Once a Confederate soldier, Helm switched his allegiance and became a passionate Unionist.
Included in this outstanding collection are the stories of Richard Kirkland, a Confederate soldier during the Civil War who disobeyed orders and brought blankets and water to the wounded from both North and South during the Battle of Fredericksburg; Patrick Ferguson, a British soldier during the American Revolution who had the chance to kill George Washington, but refused to shoot a man in the back; and Oswald Boelcke, a German WWI flying ace who was one of the most influential tacticians of early air combat, but was known for making sure the airmen he shot down made it to the ground alive.
Davis writes Inventing Loreta Velazquez: Confederate Soldier Impersonator, Media Celebrity, and Con Artist with urgency and flair, managing to make a cliffhanger out of history, in his quest to pin down the woman behind the legend.
The actor plays Mississippi farmer turned Confederate soldier Newton Knight, so sickened at the South's double standards that he rounds up a guerilla force of slaves, Dixie deserters and women to fight against his former colleagues.
But other aspects reflecting the Confederacy remained, including using a mascot dressed as a Confederate soldier with a droopy mustache.

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