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re: Civil War nicknames for SEC states..
Posted on 6/24/12 at 8:45 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
Posted on 6/24/12 at 8:45 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
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That's pretty cool, I'm guessing that's where UNC got their mascot and I had no idea that's where it came from.
My guess the "tar heels" come from the fact that early settlers were brought over by Baron DeGraffenreid (including my ancestors) to work in the tar industry.
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Posted on 6/24/12 at 9:33 pm to Bama54
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My guess the "tar heels" come from the fact that early settlers were brought over by Baron DeGraffenreid (including my ancestors) to work in the tar industry.
The term Tar Heels did originate during the war. Nickname given to troops from N. Carolina that stood during a fight and refused to retreat or give ground.During the late unhappy war between the States it [North Carolina] was sometimes called the "Tar-heel State," because tar was made in the State, and because in battle the soldiers of North Carolina stuck to their bloody work as if they had tar on their heels, and when General Lee said, "God bless the Tar-heel boys," they took the name.
This post was edited on 6/24/12 at 9:39 pm
Posted on 6/25/12 at 12:17 am to Bama54
South Carolinians are referred to as Sand Lappers as well..I believe its because there is sand all the way up to Columbia. If you have ever been to a game at the Brice during a monsoon you will notice that there will hardly be any puddles anywhere in the fairground. Whereas if you go to Clemson the whole place turns into a mudhole.
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