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In particular survivors utilized the strategy of "waving the bloody shirt," describing purported Confederate atrocities at the camp to a Northern audience looking for figures to blame for the horrors of war.
"Waving the bloody shirt" and "bloody shirt campaign" were pejorative phrases, used during American election campaigns during the Reconstruction era, to deride opposing politicians who made emotional calls to avenge the blood of soldiers who died in the Civil War.
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wave the bloody shirt (third-person singular simple present waves the bloody shirt, present participle waving the bloody shirt, simple past and past participle waved the bloody shirt) (US politics, slang) To mention martyrs and wars (especially the American Civil War) in an effort to draw empathy.
“waving the bloody shirt”: This phrase describes the Republican's main tactic during the election of 1868. The term is a metaphor for reviving gory memories of the Civil War, and the Republicans used the slogan “Vote as You Shot” to further this tactic and ensure votes from veterans.
"Waving the bloody shirt" and "bloody shirt campaign" were pejorative phrases, used during American election campaigns during the Reconstruction era, to deride opposing politicians who made emotional calls to avenge the blood of soldiers that died in the Civil War.
To encourage violence and animosity. The phrase was especially popular during the US Civil War. Primarily heard in US. A lot of people in our country are waving the bloody shirt right now, but I just can't support acts of violence, however justified they may be. See also: bloody, shirt, wave.
