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* McFeely, William S. ''Yankee Stepfather: General O.O. Howard and the Freedmen''. 1994.

...obby, embracing the word that was originally an insult, similar to the way Yankee Doodle evolved. (See, for example, Thomas F. Hunter's exuberant [http://ear

*[[The Last Yankee]] (1991)

...fighting. First and foremost, they sought to protect hearth and home from Yankee threats. White supremacy and masculinity depended on slavery, which Lincoln ...ain folk viewed freedmen as the greatest affront and humiliating symbol of Yankee victory, so they turned their hatred against [[Carpetbaggers]] (Republicans

...the same day to the Maritime Commission for service as the training ship ''Yankee States''. Struck from the Navy list on 3 July 1946, the ship was laid up in

...ered Gettysburg looking for a warehouse of shoes, unexpectedly encountered Yankee cavalry. [[John Reynolds]], a brilliant commander who had refused Lincoln's ...y large rifled "Parrott" 20 pounders, and 30 miscellaneous other guns. The Yankee ammunition supply was ample, with 270 rounds per gun (he shot off one third

...rious immigrant publications to attend these classes. They agreed with the Yankee and Irish Catholic educators who maintained that immigrants needed English-

The son of a Yankee Baptist minister, Gates was born in Broome County, New York, graduated from

...wer plants has proven to be a safe but temporary solution.<ref>Connecticut Yankee, a 619 MWe reactor on the Connecticut River, ran for 28 years between 1968

...e battle--he aimed to destroy entire Union armies and thereby undercut the Yankee will to resist Confederate independence. He won many battles but never dest ...eaming--and he seems not to have consulted any Confederate politicians (or Yankee prisoners) who could have explained politics to him. Lee's movement started

...was a physician who had immigrated from Switzerland and his mother was a [[Yankee]] from Vermont. He attended high school in Omaha, obtained a bachelor's de

...er was a physician who had immigrated from Switzerland; his mother was a [[Yankee]] from Vermont. He attended high school in Omaha, obtained a bachelor's deg

...nois formed the backbone of the new party, and Lincoln, who always admired Yankee energy and erudition, worked well with them. He assembled a complex coaliti ...even cotton states, Lincoln's election signaled a declaration of permanent Yankee hostility, and the inexorable destruction of [[states' rights]]. Led by Sou

Other Beach Jumpers operated under the cover name "Yankee Station Special Surveillance Unit," aboard fleet tugs such as the USS Cocop

...ck Jackson Turner was born in [[Portage, Wisconsin]] into a middle class [[Yankee]] family. He graduated from the [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]] in 188

...hn Rankin, a rancher and merchant born in Canada, and Olive Pickering, a [[Yankee]] who was the first local schoolteacher. Her parents were well-to-do and pr

Born in [[Portage, Wisconsin]] into a middle class [[Yankee]] family, Turner graduated from the [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]] in

* Crozier, Emmet. ''Yankee Reporters 1861-1865'' (1956)

...atives. Missionaries were preachers and educators, as well as exponents of Yankee culture. Publication and education societies promoted Christian education;

...joined them in a process of chain migration. Most bought their land from [[Yankee]] landowners who had purchased title from the federal government. The farms ...in]] the heavy German influx started in the late 1840s, changing a small [[Yankee]] settlement to a large predominantly German city. By the 1850s more than h