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- Now Florida but always a Kentuckian
"Vidette". A camp newspaper issued irregularly in 1862 and 1863 by the cavalry troops of Confederate General John Hunt Morgan. The title comes from Vedette or Vidette, the name for a type of sentry. The publication contained news and humor, as well as disparaging opinions about Yankee soldiers. During Morgan's raids, copies were sometimes left to annoy the enemy.
from" "The Language of the Civil War" John D. Wright page 316.
from" "The Language of the Civil War" John D. Wright page 316.