SECESSIONIST • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Secessionist

... hoped one day to make his wife; but the spectators, had he done so, and could they have known all the facts of the case, would have been much more likely to forgive him than the miserable hound (now a miserable secessionist—thank Heaven for his choice!) who bore a military title to his name, a few years ago, and sat still in one of the theatres of this city, without daring to lift a hand in opposition, while the just-married wife by his side was brutally caned by ...

— Shoulder-Straps - A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 • Henry Morford