Name applied to a Pennsylvania regiment during the Civil War.
1863. The Kentuckians first showed themselves, when the fiery Bucktails advanced upon them, and after a sharp round at short distance pressed the enemy back.—O. J. Victor, ‘The History … of the Southern Rebellion,’ ii. 470.
1876. We awaited, with beating hearts, the sure and steady approach of the “Pennsylvania Bucktails,” who were in front of us, and soon near enough to fire upon.—‘Southern Hist. Soc. Papers,’ i. 436 (Richmond, Va.).
