Secesh

During the Civil War, which I will call Secesh 1.0, the issue was whether White Southerners had a right to kidnap Black people and keep them chained in their backyard.

David A. Love: Secesh 3.0: Fear Of A Black President 2009

Becky & Eliza were faithful and the Yankees called Becky "Secesh" because she told them she was not willing to leave her master.

Diary of Samuel A. Agnew : September 27, 1863-June 30, 1864, 1957

"Secesh" horses, though small, poor, and mean-looking, when compared with ours, are generally excellent for the saddle, well-trained and very easy.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 Various

He says they were taken for "Secesh" by our own troops, all the way, just as we all are in Beaufort, for the officers themselves seem to be hardly aware that we are all Yankees, taking us for the old residents of the island, made loyal by our experiences.

Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) Elizabeth Ware [Editor] Pearson

Only the fear of again falling into the hands of the "Secesh" prevents them from returning to their much-loved home.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 Various

'Secesh' poem which 'De Bow' declares to be among the best which belong to the war, we find the following, which seems to have been written in the Indian interest:

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

"Who's that man with 'Secesh' clothes?" says one; and "Who's that big-faced, genial, good-natured looking feller?" says another.

Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive Alf Burnett

He must have been in politics at some time or other, for he made orations to all the "Secesh," in which he explained to them that the

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 Various

The last I heard of him, he was at the Rip Raps, bemoaning his isolation, and the butt of our soldiers there, who charged him with being a "Secesh," and confounded him by gravely asserting that they were such themselves and had seen him with the "Secesh" at Yorktown.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 Various

Coleman lives about two miles from here, and he has a lot of forage; our guide and quarter-master went there for it and were caught by a "Secesh" there said to be Mosby.

The memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby, 1917