Here is my 3rd Great Grand Uncle

[Stony]

Thomas Leftwich Clinkscales, Private, Company J, 4th Regiment, Infantry, South Carolina Volunteers.

 

[Barrycdog]

Its great to find an ancestors photo

 

[ExNavyPilot]

Great picture. I love the name, too. Any idea where the Clinkscales name originated?

 

[Stony]

Great picture. I love the name, too. Any idea where the Clinkscales name originated?

Scotland.

 

[ExNavyPilot]

Scotland.

I wonder if it's an English version of a Gaelic name. Or maybe some clan leader or warrior long ago wore scaled armor in battle.