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Noah Webster was born in Hartford, Connecticut, to an established Yankee family. His father Noah Sr. (1722-1813) farmed 90 acres, was justice of th

* Maki, John. ''William Smith Clark: A Yankee in Hokkaido'' (1996) [http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3661094

...in northern [[Illinois (U.S. state)]], on September 6, 1860. Her father, a Yankee, was a prominent [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] politician

...llage of Cedarville, in northern Illinois, on Sept. 6, 1860; her father, a Yankee, was a prominent Republican politician and supporter of [[Abraham Lincoln]]

A [[Yankee]] born in Brandon, Vermont, Douglas came to Illinois in 1833 at age 20, was

* Bennett, Michael J. ''Union Jacks: Yankee Sailors in the Civil War. '' U. of North Carolina Press, 2004. 352 pp. * Bennett, Michael J. ''Union Jacks: Yankee Sailors in the Civil War. '' U. of North Carolina Press, 2004. 352 pp.

* Martin, J. P. ''Private Yankee Doodle'' (1962); fascinating autobiography of an ordinary soldier who was i

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...state)|South Carolina]] was [[Daniel Henry Chamberlain]], a New England [[Yankee]] who was an officer in a predominantly black regiment. He served as South

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

George Bush was born on June 12, 1924, in Milton, Massachusetts, to an old [[Yankee]] family, but he grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut. Both his parents came f

...ery and magazines. On April 16, under cover of darkness Porter slipped the Yankee fleet past the 31 heavy guns of Vicksburg, dodging one shell every ten seco

...on and he has been honored with a plaque which hangs at Monument Park in [[Yankee Stadium]].

...r 1830, the rich farmlands of northern Illinois attracted Yankee settlers. Yankee real estate operators created a city overnight in the 1830s. Hundreds of wa

...systems (such as German Lutherans and Irish Catholics). The New England [[Yankee]]s dominated business, finance, education and high society in most northern

''Yankee Clipper''

...ectional, based in the northeast and northern Midwest--areas with a strong Yankee presence. It had only scattered support in slave states before the Civil Wa

In 1889, [[Mark Twain]], in his [[A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court]], had his protagonist explain the Quest for the [[H

In 1889, [[Mark Twain]], in his [[A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court]], had his protagonist explain the Quest for the [[H

...hone arrivals were influenced by their enterprising and independent-minded Yankee neighbours. By 1870 they were a majority, and by the 21st century only 10%

...ther: General O.O. Howard and the Freedmen''. 1994. [http://www.amazon.com/Yankee-Stepfather-General-Howard-Freedmen/dp/0393311783/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-546

...he area. Frenchman [[Solomon Juneau]] arrived in 1818. By the 1830s the [[Yankee]]s arrived and they dominated until the Germans came. In 1833 Juneau and la ...the draft laws during the [[American Civil War]]. George Wilbur Peck, a [[Yankee]], moved to Wisconsin at an early age. After serving in the Civil War, he b

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* ''Yankee Doodle Dandy'' (1942), film directed by Michael Curtiz

...h afraid of their legs; if you cover these they will fight forever.") The Yankee assault was well-planned and well-carried out. Only the timely arrival of ...nch officers began fraternizing with British officer-prisoners. The rustic Yankee officers and their upper class French counterparts had always kept at arms'

...nd settled by staunch Puritans in the 17th century and remained a majority-Yankee state for most of its history. Today Protestants make up less than 1/3 of t

Governor John Wentworth (1794-1808), a Yankee who had been governor of New Hampshire before the Revolution, stabilized th

...d national banks, his intense race prejudice, his suspicion of the eastern Yankee, his devotion to personal liberty, his defense of the Constitution and stat

* J. L. Granatstein. ''Yankee Go Home?: Canadians and Anti-Americanism'' (1996)

...economy and permanent American hostility, at worst an all-out war with the Yankee superpower that might terminate the fledgling Communist experiment. Washing

...me="census" /> is the northernmost borough of New York City. The site of [[Yankee Stadium]], home of the [[New York Yankees]], and home to the largest cooper

...d Loo, Bob Okazaki, Lloyd Kino, Evadne Baker, Yuki Shimoda, Kam Fong Chun, Yankee Chang. Directed by Robert D. Webb.

...ughout American society, but were becoming increasingly sectional, pitting Yankee Protestants with a stake in the emerging industrial capitalism and American

...prepared for the spectrum from "The War to Free the Slaves" to the "War of Yankee Imperialism", but was not prepared for the docent in the Museum of the Conf