johnny reb
- n `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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- Local group reenacts the glory of the black Union Soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts
We'll get you, Johnny Reb!Joseph McGill snarls, baring his teeth as he prepares to storm Battery Wagner. When it comes to reenacting the events of the Civil War in Charleston during July of 1863, McGill is as about as serious as serious gets. He and his fellow Union soldiers, each one depicting members of the 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry — one of the first African-American ...
July 10, 2013 - Charleston City Paper