How Common Was Your First Name During The ACW?

[Stryker65]

How common was your first name during the ACW? There were quite a few that were more prominent then that aren't prominent today -- not many Hezekiahs or Leonidas's, and a lot more Marks and Matthews. Feel free to (not required!) share the most famous ACW figure that shares your first name, or just anyone who shares your name!

 

[Jamieva]

James Longstreet
James McPherson

 

[Sheltowee]

Michael. Unaware of any

 

[scooter748driver]

Just a small sample:

John Pope
John Buford
John B. Gordon
John Gibbon
John Sedgwick
John Bell Hood

 

[Stryker65]

Michael. Unaware of any

Off the top of my head, there's Michael K. Lawler, don't know if there's any else

 

[JOHN42768]

Just a small sample:

John Pope
John Buford
John B. Gordon
John Gibbon
John Sedgwick
John Bell Hood

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John Reynolds
John Logan
John Magruder
John Schofield
John Fremont

 

[Doc_Ralph]

Mine was pretty rare, I think
Ralph

I found this Yankee

Ralph Pomeroy Buckland (January 20, 1812 – May 27, 1892) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, as well as a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and an executive of the Union Pacific Railroad following the war.

Doc Ralph

 

[John Hartwell]

Customs change. When I was a youngster, if you got together a group of 30-40 boys I'd expect to find at least a half dozen Johns. A few years ago I attended a high school graduation that included over 200 boys. Only one was named John, and he was a "junior," so he didn't really count.

 

[Library Lady]

Want to cheat?

Gents, click here: https://www.galbithink.org/names/88m10-19.txt

Ladies, click here: https://www.galbithink.org/names/88f10-19.txt

My name was very popular in the 1960s, but not on the list at all in the 1860s. My name has recently been hijacked to mean an entitled white witch (the word I can use on a family-friendly site) and I want it back!

 

[Doc_Ralph]

Want to cheat?

Gents, click here: https://www.galbithink.org/names/88m10-19.txt

Ladies, click here: https://www.galbithink.org/names/88f10-19.txt

My name was very popular in the 1960s, but not on the list at all in the 1860s. My name has recently been hijacked to mean an entitled white witch (the word I can use on a family-friendly site) and I want it back!

Karen is such a nice name! \o/

 

[Doc_Ralph]

I have a true and today's meaning Karen in my wife's family. Oi Vey!

 

[Cavalier]

Almost everyone has spent some time seeking a John.

John

 

[Doc_Ralph]

Almost everyone has spent some time seeking a John.

John

I like to locate mine during daytime instead of stumbling over tarp lines in the middle of the night. At Cedar Creek they are getting fancy with Porto John. Kinda like Porto fino .. NOT

Doc Ralph

 

[Cavalier]

Some time ago a visitor to the Gettysburg battlefield was taking advantage of the comfort a particular John provided when a tree was blown down during a windstorm, crushing the hapless John in question and rendering it, and it's stunned occupant hors de combat.

John

 

[Doc_Ralph]

Some time ago a visitor to the Gettysburg battlefield was taking advantage of the comfort a particular John provided when a tree was blown down during a windstorm, crushing the hapless John in question and rendering it, and it's stunned occupant hors de combat.

John

Redacted hits the fan …you know you are in trouble.

 

[Pollaco]

I only found 1 general with my name so far.Confederate General Louis Hebert from Louisiana.

 

[52ndFandS]

My given name is not common, but more common in the south than the North. My middle name was fairly common. A family name. What my friends call me, Gus, that not all that common either unless you're a pipe fitter, astronaut, or a cab driver in a late 40s Film Noir.

My wife and I have kicked around the name Ezekiel for a son. It's a very rare name and one of my favorite artists in Zeke Owen. To say nothing of the fact that it bothers my mother in law.

 

[Josh The Lighthouse Guy]

Despite being a significant character in the Bible, Joshua was a rare name until about 40-50 years ago, then abruptly became common for no reason I've ever learned. "The Joshua Tree", a 1987 album by U2, probably added to it, but the trend had started a decade earlier.

Joshua Chamberlain is the obvious outlier from the Civil War.

Although now that I look into it, there are actually a few others...

Fort Sill's namesake is BG Joshua Sill, killed at Stones River.

BG Joshua Owen commanded the Philadelphia Brigade.

Col. Joshua Howell commanded the 85th PA for most of the war until being fatally injured in a fall from his horse.

Also, the full name of famous Civil War Era eccentric "Emperor Norton" was Joshua Abraham Norton.

 

[Northern Light]

My name is virtually unknown then or now, but was rare but not unknown in the middle decades of the last century.

 

[huskerblitz]

And it seems we have quite a few Johns here as well. Add one more to that list.