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This joke just came to mind and I'd better record it for Posterity.  I believe I saw it in some 19th century magazine.  Maybe it's not that funny after all.
After the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House, Southern soldiers were given parole on the sole condition that they endorse a paper pledging their permanent allegiance to the duly elected Government of the United States.
During one of these signings, after many and many a erbel soldier had accepted his pardon from the government of Uncle Sam, an old grizzled veteran of Joe Johnston's army appeared before the Yankee officer to be paroled.  After reading the document, the old veteran looked the hated Yankee in the eye, and said with bitterness, "Well, we guv you *H--l* at Chickamaugy!"
"Just sign the paper," exclaimed the Union man. "And no more of your sauce!"
"I *said*, 'We guv you *H--l* at Chickamaugy!'"
"Come, come!" expostulated the officer, whose patience with the old fellow was now wearing thin. "Come sign immediately or I'll have you arrested and imprisoned as the traitor that you have been and are !"
The old man shifted his tobacco, and realizing his dire circumstances, quickly affixed his signature to the official document sanctioning his freedom.
"There, my good man," said his interlocutor. "Now you are once again a citizen of this Great Republic, as good as any man you see here."
"The clever old man replied, 'You mean I'm a Yankee now?'"
"Yes, of course!" came the reply.
"Yes, yes, I have siad it is so."
"Wall, in that case I just have one thing left to say."
"And that thing is --- ?
"They guv us *H--l* at Chickamaugy!"