Thursday, July 16, 2009

Confederate Tennis

Here are some incidental favorites from my recent forays into Civil War naming trends:

Confederate Tennis
white male
b. 1864
1870 residence: Grafton, VA


Lee Grant Laughter
white male
b. 1869
1870 residence: Edneyville, NC
(note: 15 people listed in the 1870 census bear the first name "Lee Grant" — all but three were born after 1861)

General Lincoln Grant Shirely
white male
b. 1866
1870 residence: Frederick Co., VA

Emancipation Coggeshall
white female
b. 1863
1870 residence: Franklin Co., OH

Secession Seigler
black female
b. 1861
1870 residence: Hibler, SC

Confederacy Cypret
white female
b. 1861
1870 residence: Baldwin Co., AL

States Rights Gregory
white male
b. 1861
1880 residence: Chickasaw, MS

Gettysburg Battle
white female
b. 1878
1900 residence: Union Church, AL
(To be fair, if my last name were "Battle," I would be hard pressed to resist doing this to my children.)

What are the rules for Confederate Tennis?

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