bushwhackers

We were called bushwhackers, as a term of reproach, simply because our attacks were generally surprises, and we had to make up by celerity for lack of numbers.

The memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby, 1917

Many of those people were in fact the families of these "bushwhackers," who are brigands of the worst type.

Forty-Six Years in the Army John M. Schofield

It was just after daylight, and those inside the cars not knowing what the trouble was, and a great many on the top being roused from their slumbers and seeing the others leaping in great disorder, and hearing the word "bushwhackers" being called out, threw their blankets aside and jumped likewise.

History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert

"Thought you were some kind of bushwhackers the way you dropped on us," complained Frank.

Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island Gordon Stuart

He stood on the steps using frightful language, as he was in a towering rage on account of their sheltering "bushwhackers," as he called them.

Two diaries from middle St. John's, Berkeley, South Carolina, February-May, 1865, Susan R. Jervey 1921

He had one or two close calls from the "bushwhackers," as roving rangers were called, but his family escaped harm.

Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers 1917

Indian "bushwhackers" opened a passage with their machetas, and we crept under a low arcade of foliage.

The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America James Orton 1853

Ironically, un-uniformed guerrilla raiders unattached to an Army during the Civil War were known as "bushwhackers" and could be executed upon capture.

Hartford Advocate: News 2009

Ironically, un-uniformed guerrilla raiders unattached to an Army during the Civil War were known as "bushwhackers" and could be executed upon capture.

Hartford Advocate: News 2009

"bushwhackers," came into our neighborhood and camped in the woods.

Trials and Triumphs of Faith Mary Cole