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Ed Payne, “Unionist Naming of Mississippi Children–Revisited”
By renegadesouth on March 21, 2012 • ( 14 Comments )
In 2010, I published on Renegade South a study of the naming of white male Mississippi children during the period from 1861 through 1880, wondering if certain names might provide evidence of Civil War or post-Civil War Unionist sentiments. Hundreds of African-American sons born during this period were given names reflective of the Union trinity of Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and William Tecumseh Sherman. As might be expected, similar naming among white Mississippians was rare. My initial inquiry produced a list of 54 persons…..
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https://renegadesouth.wordpress.com/2012/03/21/ed-payne-unionist-naming-of-mississippi-children-revisited/