Rebs

After hours of heated discussion we chose a Libertines-style band called the Rebs and a folktronic sound-sculptor called Matt Trakker.

What makes the perfect festival breakfast band? 2010

After hours of heated discussion we chose a Libertines-style band called the Rebs and a folktronic sound-sculptor called Matt Trakker.

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I 've heard tell as how they were "Rebs" on the quiet, during the big war awhile back.

The Slipper Point Mystery 1921

"Rebs" the universal title of "Gray Jackets" by the neighbors over the way - the Yankees.

How a one-legged rebel lives : reminiscences of the Civil War, 1898

Yet even in this waste of listless desolation came the echoed boom of heavy guns far down the river, where the "Rebs" and "Yanks" were pounding one another lazily.

The Littlest Rebel Edward Henry Peple 1896

I have always observed that Southern Irishmen make excellent "Rebs," and have no sort of scruple in killing as many of their Northern brethren as they possibly can.

Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 Arthur James Lyon Fremantle 1868

We have been here ever since guarding the Ford to prevent the "Rebs" making a raid into my Maryland-and frightening the politicians in Washington.

Augusta County: H. W. Freedley to Maria Hiester, June 11, 1863 H. W. Freedley 1863

You can bet if I was facing an open field with tens of thousands of Yanks OR Rebs headed my way with bayonets attached the last thing I would be worried about is hearing loss or letting the barrel cool before I shoved another charge down the muzzle ...

The James Rifle 2009

You can bet if I was facing an open field with tens of thousands of Yanks OR Rebs headed my way with bayonets attached the last thing I would be worried about is hearing loss or letting the barrel cool before I shoved another charge down the muzzle ...

The James Rifle 2009

After about a year, the Johnny Rebs got so wore down, I knew the South was done for.

W.P.A. Barry Basden 2011