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    What state is known as the Yellowhammer State?

    Question #4891. Asked by Maggie. (Aug 04 00 12:11 PM)


    JSBach

    		The term originated during the Civil War as a reference to soldiers from the state serving the Confederacy--either because the state's Confederate troops stuck yellowhammer feathers in their caps, or because their uniforms, which had been home-dyed gray, had a yellowish tinge. (The yellowhammer is Alabama's state bird.)

    https://edit.britannica.com/getEditableToc?tocId=9272768

    [Link added -- Zb]

    Aug 04 00, 12:38 PM

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