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[Opinions] Strange American Civil War Names
I've had this list for awhile, so I just decided to post it. Perhaps a year ago, I came across a site listing names, ages, infantry, etc. of soldiers in the American Civil War (can't even remember if they were Union, Confederate, or both). For the life of me, I can't relocate the site (have no idea what it was called), but I did save a few names that I thought were interesting. Just wondering what all of your thoughts on the names are (and if you've ever heard of anything like the site I've described, then bonus points if you give me a link):Cyrenius Free - Age: 17Norwood Tobias - Age: 25Amon Plowman - Age: 34Decamp B. Voorhees - Age: 21Lot Pumphrey - Age: 21J. Tully Quick - Age: 28Peter Unger - Age: 22Martin Zaboraski - Age: 18Truelove Brown - Age: 32Register Cook - Age: 30Blumer H. Blackburn - Age: 23Antilichas A. Batte - Age: 19Xingree Parks - Age: 15Ira K. Berryman - Age: 24Drayton Loomis - Age: 22Salem J. North - Age: 30Tempest F. McCurdy - Age: 26Hiram Deshong - Age: 28Joshua Acres - Age: 19Fufus E. Funk - Age: 32 (probably my favorite of the bunch. Definitely interesting)Job Carr - Age: 45Weatherly Alexander - Age: 18Spurgeon Duncan - Age: 20Luscias Smith - Age: 16Croil (Croel) R. Jennings - Age: 21(records weren't exactly clear which spelling was correct)Remembrance J. Williams - Age: 39Pope C. Weed - Age: 26Gustavus Zollin - Age: 30Donat Ducat - Age: 20Reuben Lamasters - Age: 53Elphriam Allen - Age: 24Purtice Fristom - Age: 18Blythe W. Buffington - Age: 19Xerxes A. Jones - Age: 23Valentine Amanine - Age: 25
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I love seeing Blythe on a man! I also like seeing some more uncommon names like Amon, Lot, Remembrance, Elphraim, and Antilichas.
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Oh, Truelove is wonderful! I'm also fond of Norwood Tobias, Amon, Tully, Blumer, Ira, Tempest, Hiram, Job, Remembrance, Gustavus, Donat, Blythe, Xerxes, and Valentine.
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Those are pretty fantastic. I love Drayton. It was one of my great+ grandfather's names. It seems very modern but is in fact very old.Amon, Truelove, Weatherly, Blythe, and Xerxes stand out for sure.
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