He was instead tortured and demoted to the rank of a common soldier. He lived soberly, sharing the food and the labours of the common soldier. Though expensive, tombstones were likely within the means of the common soldier. Johnny Reb is the national personification of the common soldier of the Confederacy. In response, Fan Ju suggested demoting Bai Qi to a common soldier. Mauldin's cartoons made him a hero to the common soldier. He spoke the language of the common soldier, and led from the front. The mutineers set up Marius, a common soldier, as emperor. During the battle, Chrysocheir was killed by a common soldier called Poullades. Odysseus confronts and beats Thersites, a common soldier who voices discontent about fighting Agamemnon's war. Tommy Atkins (often just Tommy) is slang for a common soldier in the British Army. Constantine was a common soldier, but one of some ability. Wolfe refused, so Hawley got a common soldier to do it. Unlike Theodore Junior, Ferdinand was not a commander in any capacity but a common soldier. I was a common soldier and we had our own, soldiers' truth.