The rasp of his own 'grayback' shirt and the squeak of his boots seemed to bring him to himself.    From Wordnik.com.  [Soldier Stories] Reference

He stepped back to one of the two windows on the front of the house, where he discovered an officer and two "grayback" soldiers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Soldier Boy; or, Tom Somers in the Army A Story of the Great Rebellion] Reference

I don't mean any disrespect to anybody - but am a little like the old "grayback" who, after the surrender, went to the Provost Marshal, at Charlottesville, to be paroled.    From Wordnik.com.  [How a one-legged rebel lives : reminiscences of the Civil War,] Reference

As soon as that was discovered, we had them cut off, but it was too late -- the little grayback would not eat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888] Reference

It would have been heartbreaking to have been obliged to come away without finding that little grayback, and perhaps never know what became of him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888] Reference

The rains, and sleet, and snow never ceased falling from the winter sky, while the winds pierced the old, ragged, grayback Rebel soldier to his very marrow.    From Wordnik.com.  ["Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show] Reference

Then a grayback cleared us out, then the skipper laughed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Departmental Ditties & Barrack Room Ballads] Reference

The silence that followed the words of the boy was broken by Quantrell's old grayback.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Man Four-Square] Reference

"Who mought you be?" demanded the grayback, exhibiting more curiosity than of fear in his dirty face.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Young Lieutenant or, The Adventures of an Army Officer] Reference

The grayback had evidently found the clothes, and suspected the purpose for which they were concealed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Young Lieutenant or, The Adventures of an Army Officer] Reference

The bateau approached the point not more than a rod from the waiting arms of the sympathizing grayback.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Soldier Boy; or, Tom Somers in the Army A Story of the Great Rebellion] Reference

Tom looked up, and discovered a grayback, standing on the shore, very deliberately pointing his musket at him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Soldier Boy; or, Tom Somers in the Army A Story of the Great Rebellion] Reference

"Well, I suppose I do look rather the worse for the wear," added the grayback, glancing down at the tattered uniform he wore.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Soldier Boy; or, Tom Somers in the Army A Story of the Great Rebellion] Reference

His last shot was not a bad one, and Tom could not help thinking, if the grayback should hit him, that he would not waste any fine feelings over him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Soldier Boy; or, Tom Somers in the Army A Story of the Great Rebellion] Reference

The soldier boy worked his paddle with vigor and skill, and it was astonishing to observe with what better success than when invited to land by the grayback up the river.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Soldier Boy; or, Tom Somers in the Army A Story of the Great Rebellion] Reference

"Jasper doesn't concern himself with statistical measures, how close he is to 100 percent or how many points, assists and rebounds he wants to accrue." grayback, will do.    From Wordnik.com.  [Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines] Reference

"What d'ye let go fur?" said the grayback, indignantly, as his musket, which he had held by the tip end of the stock, dropped into the water, when Tom let go of the bayonet.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Soldier Boy; or, Tom Somers in the Army A Story of the Great Rebellion] Reference

Here I had the table all set fur breakfast, an 'ye put' er inter a grayback afore I could hold on to anything; and smash goes the hull mess on the floor -- plates, forks, vittles.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dan Merrithew] Reference

He triumphed over all obstacles, and when he had completely outwitted the grayback who had labored so diligently to save him from his impending fate, he was at the zenith of prosperity.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Soldier Boy; or, Tom Somers in the Army A Story of the Great Rebellion] Reference

The rebels were nearer than he had supposed; for, as he turned from his men, he discovered a wiry grayback, with the chevrons of a sergeant on his arms, trying to stare him out of countenance.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Young Lieutenant or, The Adventures of an Army Officer] Reference

When Tom was first challenged by the grayback, the boat had been some twenty rods above him; and it had now passed the spot where he stood, but the rebels were still near enough to converse with him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Soldier Boy; or, Tom Somers in the Army A Story of the Great Rebellion] Reference

The grayback, chagrined at this movement on the part of his victim, whom he had evidently intended to intimidate by his coolness and his ferocious words, rose from his seat in the long grass, and moved towards the tree behind which Somers had taken refuge.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Young Lieutenant or, The Adventures of an Army Officer] Reference

"Men are the blamedest fools," she began abruptly; "'pears like they ain't got the sense of a grayback louse, leastways some of' em.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Eagle's Heart] Reference

He's a Yankee! "bellowed the grayback on the shore.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Soldier Boy; or, Tom Somers in the Army A Story of the Great Rebellion] Reference

A grayback heaved the dory forward.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference

Billie grayback had taken care of himself.    From Wordnik.com.  [Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888] Reference

Up in that tree! "said Somers, pointing to a grayback, who was loading his rifle, about twenty feet from the ground.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Young Lieutenant or, The Adventures of an Army Officer] Reference

Stop him! "replied the grayback on the shore.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Soldier Boy; or, Tom Somers in the Army A Story of the Great Rebellion] Reference

These were the hard, real reasons that dissipated at last the dream of the South; that kept the greenback promise of the manufacturing North at little below gold, while the grayback of the producing South went down -- down -- from two -- to ten -- twenty -- at last, to one thousand dollars for one.    From Wordnik.com.  [Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death] Reference