Arkansas True Democrat [Little Rock], September 26, 1861
Some of the military companies raised during the present war have assumed queer names.—We have “avengers,” “invincibles,” “fencibles,” and “rangers,” without number. In our State we have, or had, a company of “yellow jackets,” another of “hornets” and one called the “sassafras invincibles.” In Texas they have one called “the Yankee hunters.” In Alabama one is styled “the rosin heels.” Wild cats, tigers, rattlesnakes, and bears, have furnished names for other companies.