Shelby Foote, noted author of several War of Yankee aggression books, and a talking head on PBS's The Civil War, told a story about a Confederate Veteran who described it this way.
"The yell could not be done at anything less than a full run and it was a cross between a foxhunt yip and a squawling Banshee."
The old Vet, in his words, was too well fed and too comfortable to try and recreate it for the ladies at the gathering.
I'm sure that by now , you have heard of Shelby's passing yesterday.