Trivia 9-30-19 nicknames

[hoosier]

Guessing all the way - Dudes

 

[lelliott19]

"Paper collar and white glove gents" was the contemptuous nickname used by some western soldiers to reference some eastern soldiers arriving to the west in 1864. Source

 

[Eleanor Rose]

I had to give up on this one. I'm looking forward to seeing the answer.

 

[Michigander]

I was unable to find this one. I'm going to guess

Stiffs?

 

[Soldier Boy]

Paper-Collar Soldiers - who they often thought looked like fancy dandies.

Source: https://civilwartalk.com/threads/other-common-names-for-confederate-and-union-soldiers.12459/
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[ami]

Paper-collar soldiers', after their clean and proper paper collars.
Source
Charles Engle to Charlotte, October 1, 1863, Charles Engle Letters, collection of Judy Coy quoted in David W. Palmer, The Forgotten Hero of Gettysburg: A Biography of George Sears Greene. (Bloomington, IN: Xlibris, 2004), p. 222.