Funny research finds

[Stryker65]

I've been doing orders of battle and army organizations for several years now, and I've found a lot of funny, weird, and interesting mistakes or occurrences in the sources I use. Over time, I'll paste the ones I find here.
Everybody/Anybody can post!

 

[Stryker65]

Are you sure about the article? Can't find it in there. Found it on George Wayne Anderson though; accordingly removed it as source and asked for better citations.

Oops, you're right. It was for George W. Anderson. Thanks!

 

[Stryker65]

Great front page of the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine.

 

[Fairfield]

Great front page of the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine.

Great places have great front pages!

There are 5 volumes to Maine's AGO (this may be true of other states as well): one for each year of the war as well as a summary volume. When I have to put together information about my town in the war it is volume 5 that I use--not only does it have military information but it contains "home front" information.

 

[Stryker65]

Colonel Robert Richardson of the 17th Louisiana Infantry suddenly became French by the index of Volume 17 of the OR.

 

[Biscoitos]

I've been doing orders of battle and army organizations for several years now, and I've found a lot of funny, weird, and interesting mistakes or occurrences in the sources I use. Over time, I'll paste the ones I find here.
Everybody/Anybody can post!

Many years ago, in the National Archives, I read the record of a Court Martial of a soldier who, among other things,
told his superior officer that "he wasn't worth a pinch of s..t"

 

[TallTallMan]

Many years ago, in the National Archives, I read the record of a Court Martial of a soldier who, among other things,
told his superior officer that "he wasn't worth a pinch of s..t"

Now I gotta take a trip to the NA!

 

[rebelatsea]

Yes. A friend of mine was descended from his brother B-flat.

Did he have a relative by the name of Morris? (one for car nuts).

 

[rebelatsea]

Had a man on my postal route named Noah Head. I thought it would be a good name for a fortune teller. Had another named Earl Lee, he needed to write a book named, Never Be Late. Noah had a son, named him Peter…. Go figure….

We had a Chief Inspector at Mount Pleasant sorting Office by the name of Richard Head - I don't think his parents were quite clued up on nicknames. He was a great guy and good at his job.

 

[Stryker65]

We had a Chief Inspector at Mount Pleasant sorting Office by the name of Richard Head - I don't think his parents were quite clued up on nicknames. He was a great guy and good at his job.

Oh no...you guys didn't have a nickname for him, did you?

 

[Sbc]

We had a Chief Inspector at Mount Pleasant sorting Office by the name of Richard Head - I don't think his parents were quite clued up on nicknames. He was a great guy and good at his job.

Good Lord why do parents do such things?

 

[stu613]

We had a Vietnamese co-worker whose real name was Long Dong. Luckily, or maybe intentionaly, he had addapted the name Steve (never did find out why he chose Steve)

 

[Stryker65]

We had a Vietnamese co-worker whose real name was Long Dong. Luckily, or maybe intentionaly, he had addapted the name Steve (never did find out why he chose Steve)

Major General Israel B. Richardson's nickname happened to be "Greasy Dick." Needless to say, he wouldn't last a day in the 21st century.

 

[Biscoitos]

Major General Israel B. Richardson's nickname happened to be "Greasy Dick." Needless to say, he wouldn't last a day in the 21st century.

There is an African American or Black comedian whose name is Donald Glover.
He says it is necessary to go by Donald because "Don" might cause confusion. The faulty accidental positioning of the space between his first and last name on a theater marquee or other situation could give people the wrong impression.

 

[Stryker65]

There is an African American or Black comedian whose name is Donald Glover.
He says it is necessary to go by Donald because "Don" might cause confusion. The faulty accidental positioning of the space between his first and last name on a theater marquee or other situation could give people the wrong impression.

Oh my god. I never thought of it that way.

 

[rebelatsea]

Oh no...you guys didn't have a nickname for him, did you?

No, of course not (lying through his teeth).

 

[rebelatsea]

We also had a guy named Hunt who became an Assistant Controller. The guys who made his door plate didn't like him, much like the rest of us who had to work with him. The Plate read "A.CHUNT" Remove the H and you get the idea.

 

[Reconstructed Rebel]

This is a new one for me - A private in Co. K of the 10th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (Union) is listed on the roster under the name of Stonemason Mule.
He was 39 yrs old, 5'7", brown eyes, brown hair and was born in Germany. Perhaps that was a literal translation of his German name? If so, I have to believe later generations of the family decided to change it to something that was less attention getting? Muller perhaps….

 

[Stryker65]

https://civilwartalk.com/threads/think-youve-heard-some-unusual-names-think-again.168115/

Crossposted some of mine into the above thread, recommend reading it all for the funsies. Post some of yours too!

 

[Stryker65]

This just in: General Green wants General Mouton badly.

Comes across a little Victorian-era romantic, doesn't it?

 

[Stryker65]

The only son of the Addams Family achieved a captaincy!