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About the Name "Old Secesh"

I was looking for a good name to use for this blog in my signoff.  Then I remember the name Northerners used to derisively refer to Confederates because they seceded.

They were secessionists, which was shortened to Seces/Secesh.  I remember once a fellow teacher came up to me and said that her family had found a Civil War letter written by a family member who referred to a group of people called Secesh.  I explained it to her.

Kind of a good name, especially in these trying times.

--Old Secesh
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