In transcribing a letter written by a Civil War soldier to a relative in New
Orleans, I'm stuck on a sentence in which he  refers to "the fauksokutters"
... who are within 50 miles of us."  I imagine it to be some vile reference
to the Yankees, but although  I've broken the word down, used a digital
magnifier and every other trick in my experience as a transcriber, I still
can't make sense of it.  
 
When I went to UNC I looked specifically at "fauksokutters".   In the
original, it was spelled just like that.  Does anyone have any ideas?  Was
there such a word used at the time, or could it have been just a family
code-word?

Tom Gilmore

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