"hudags" in an 1861 Civil War letter

[Beverly Flanigan]

As in "dag nab it"?  Or where did that phrase come from?

At 09:52 AM 3/4/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>In a message dated 3/3/03 10:20:07 PM Eastern Standard Time, gcohen at UMR.EDU
>writes:
>
> > there was two sent
> >  in for a trial   <snip>  I took my
> >  old Musket and got another
> >
> >  (3rd page now begins)
> >
> >  man and started off [as prisoner guards]
> >  but did not have any
> >  adventure as they are but poor
> >  hudags.
>
>My guess is that "dag" is a misspelling of "dog" and "hudag" therefore is
>some term like "hangdog" or "hound dog"
>
>            - Jim Landau