Johnny Reb
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Johnny Reb is the national personification of the common soldier of the Confederate States Army. During the American Civil War and afterwards, Johnny Reb and his Union counterpart Billy Yank were used
Corporal Adrian D. Price of the 21st Virginia Infantry Regiment
Picket (military)
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A picket is a soldier, or small unit of soldiers, placed on a defensive line forward of a friendly position to provide timely warning and screening against an enemy advance. It can also refer to any u
Johnny Reb
…appears to have its origins in the habit of Union soldiers calling out, "Hello, Johnny" or "Howdy, Reb" to Confederate soldiers on the other side of the picket line. Johnny Reb is often pictured as a Confederate soldier in gray wool uniform with the typical kepi-style forage cap made of wool broadcloth or cotton…
The Army of the Potomac—A Sharpshooter on Picket Duty, by Winslow Homer, 1862
Gari Melchers War Highsmith
1861 illustration of an Army of the Potomac picket guard