Chicken Guts
Yesterday, Dimitri Rotov made my day by calling “the Union war effort” “jiggery-pokery.” Ha! This was in reference to my mention of Bruce Catton’s word for it – slapdash - in my post here.
I went in search of Civil War slang.
This was my favorite find although I’m not entirely sure how to put it in a sentence. I’m open for suggestions.
Chicken Guts – gold braid used to denote officer ranks













































