Yankee
A citizen of the United States of America.
A slang term, sometimes shortened to "yank," the earliest known use of which is by British General James Wolfe in 1758, referring to New England soldiers under his command.[1]
Escape to Tampico: When running the Union Blockade during the Civil War[2] in 1862,[3] Steve Corbett was shot with three Yankee bullets, but survived.[2]
Trail West to Fury: Laura Miller referred to the Union Army Lieutenant in Little Bend, Texas[4] in 1867[3] as "the Yank lieutenant."[4]
SOURCE REFERENCES
01. A Dictionary of Americanisms on Historical Principles (1951), Mitford M. Mathews, University of Chicago Press
02. Maverick, Escape to Tampico (1958), Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
03. The Conjectural Maverick, Maverick Trails
04. Maverick, Trail West to Fury (1958), Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
The Maverick Brothers thank the Yankee lieutenant for helping them reclaim $1,650 in gold from Jessie Hayden.[4]
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