10-855: Reb or REB may refer to: Common meanings [ edit ] Johnny Reb , personification of a Confederate soldier in the American Civil War Reb (Yiddish) , an honorific title for a teacher People [ edit ] Reb Anderson (born 1943), American Zen Buddhist teacher and writer Reb Beach (born 1963), American rock guitarist Reb Brown (born 1948), American actor Reb Russell (1889-1975), American Major League Baseball pitcher Reb Spikes (1888-1982), American jazz saxophonist and entrepreneur Lafayette Russell , American football player and actor REB, web handle of Columbine massacre shooter Eric Harris Food chemistry [ edit ] Rebaudioside compounds from
20-786: A Jewish native of South Carolina who has written extensively about the roles Southern Jews played in the Confederate States Army, refers to "Jewish Johnny Rebs". The term Johnny Reb is still sometimes used in popular writing and in news media . In 2000, The Los Angeles Times published an article by the historian Eric Foner entitled, Chief Johnny Reb , in reference to Jefferson Davis , the Confederate president. A 2018 book review by historian Drew Gilpin Faust appeared in The Wall Street Journal under
30-561: A rounded, flat top, cotton lining, and leather visor. He is often shown as well with his weapons or with the Confederate flag , sometimes both. Johnny Reb has been used as a nickname for veteran Confederate soldiers, as well as to refer to white natives of the states that formerly belonged to the Confederacy. The sobriquet is still commonly used in scholarly writing by Southern and Northern authors; for example, Robert N. Rosen,
40-545: Is a part of the ministry of education(MINEDUC Rwanda) in charge of general education as the Workforce Development (WDA) is in charge of vocational schools Other uses [ edit ] Reb River , Ethiopia See also [ edit ] Rebound (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Reb . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
50-711: The Mason-Dixon Line (and by the British to refer to anyone from the United States). Although little evidence exists to suggest that the name was used widely during the Civil War, unlike its rebel counterpart Johnny Reb , early 20th century political cartoonists introduced 'Billy Yank' to symbolize U.S. combatants in the American Civil War of the 1860s. Billy Yank is usually pictured wearing
60-534: The common soldier of the Confederacy . During the American Civil War and afterwards, Johnny Reb and his Union counterpart Billy Yank were used in speech and literature to symbolize the common soldiers who fought in the Civil War in the 1860s. The symbolic image of Johnny Reb in Southern culture has been represented in its novels, poems, art, public statuary, photography, and written history . According to
70-516: The historian Bell I. Wiley, who wrote about the common soldiers of the Northern and the Southern armies, the name appears to have its origins in the habit of Union soldiers calling out, "Hello, Johnny" or "Howdy, Reb" to Confederate soldiers on the other side of the picket line . Johnny Reb is often pictured as a Confederate soldier in gray wool uniform with the typical kepi -style forage cap made of wool broadcloth or cotton jean cloth with
80-422: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reb&oldid=1174112018 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Nicknames Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Johnny Reb Johnny Reb is the national personification of
90-651: The stevia plant, used as sweeteners REB [ edit ] Relativistic electron beam , streams of electrons moving at relativistic speeds Revised English Bible , a 1989 English language translation of the Bible Research ethics board , or institutional review board, type of committee that applies research ethics Rural Electrification Board , in Bangladesh - see Electricity distribution companies by country Rwanda Education Board , in Rwanda it
100-511: The title Billy Yank and Johnny Reb . Billy Yank Billy Yank or Billy Yankee is the personification of the United States soldier (volunteer or Regular) during the American Civil War . The latter part of the name is derived from Yankee , previously a term for New Englanders, and possibly deriving from a term for Dutch settlers of New Netherland before that, extended by American Southerners to refer to Americans from above
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