Persimmon regiment
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persimmon-regiment-249-4492875
title:
Persimmon regiment
text:
Persimmon regiment was a term used during the American Civil War to describe a regiment that, in its history, stopped marching for a brief while to consume persimmons, a type of fruit popular in the Southern United States. Three different regiments in the Union army acquired the nickname. The 73rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment gained the nickname in 1862. While marching from Crab Orchard, Kentucky, as the regiment progressed to Nashville, Tennessee, many of the troops would make the first
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description:
American Civil War regiment that stopped to eat persimmons
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persimmon_regiment
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date modified:
2023-12-22T01:37:05Z
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