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according to Ancestry.com, 454 people with my last name fought in the Civil War. 297 with the Union and 157 with the other side. link inside -- (link)

Posted by crash davis (aka crash davis) Jun 26 '17, 21:16

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https://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts (www.ancestry.com)

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410 Union, 304 Confederate. -- nm - Ender Jun 27, 06:36
Maiden name is 1 Union soldier. -- nm - kelly Jun 27, 06:17
222 confed/824 union. I don't think I would have expected that. -- nm - amanda jones state university Jun 27, 05:45
2 U, 7 C -- (edited) - znufrii Jun 27, 04:28 1
- Mom's side is 27 U, 3 C -- nm - znufrii Jun 27, 06:14
358 Confederate, 252 Union. And I am probably related to a good number of the rebs. - Callisto Buffalomeat Jun 27, 04:08
12 Union, 5 Confederate. - IrishStephen Jun 26, 23:54
3201, 1758 Union, 1447 Reb. Although I'm not really related to them. -- nm - jnine Jun 26, 23:45
1 Union soldier - Reagen Jun 26, 22:35
My last name only has records back to WW I draft cards - JD Jun 26, 22:33 1
- oof, I'm sorry if that brought up some bad thoughts -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 22:36
6 totl -- nm - Amoxy Jun 26, 22:17
mine is 5, all Union. -- nm - mafic Jun 26, 21:58
Huh,always thought NY name was German but they say it is Dutch. - Amoxy Jun 26, 21:49 1
- wouldn't you like to know about the ancestor who earned that surname? :) -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 21:52
32 Union 11 Confederate. Not likely close relatives :) - Meg Jun 26, 21:36
It doesn't show me anything for the military. It says 314 military records but nothing about the civil war or anything. -- (edited) - Krusty Jun 26, 21:35 4
- It's at the bottom of the page. -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 22:35 3
  - Yeah, nothing. It has a link to search their database but no info. My guess is no one with my last name served until later. - Krusty Jun 26, 22:50 2
    - what about under the old spelling of the family name, Krustkophsky -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 26, 23:53 1
      - Ha! -- nm - Krusty Jun 27, 06:15
vaguely german with a diminuative suffix appended to an old german word for grain -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 26, 21:30 2
- so you're really "little wheat"? -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 21:34 1
  - I would think barley would be more of a thing in old germany...wheat came later -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 26, 21:39
According to 1920 census records, we were heavily clustered in New York state, by far more than any other state - ty97 Jun 26, 21:24 1
- yeah, the biggest Irish wave came after the war -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 21:30
I expected Davis to be a more common name. - ty97 Jun 26, 21:21 12
- ftr on Davis - All Davis 27,719 Confederate 12,073 Union 15,646 -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 22:06
- my mother's maiden name was Smith, I wonder if any of them fought in the Civil War -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 21:22 10
  - only 52,214 - 39.320 for the Union, 12.894 for other guys -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 21:29 9
    - I wonder what last names we need to pick to flip that ration? -- nm - ty97 Jun 26, 21:30 8
      - picking a Southerner I know, David's last name had 12 in the war, 10 for the Confederacy, 2 for the Union -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 21:32
      - Beauregard -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 26, 21:32 2
        
        As a surname: 38. 28 Union, 10 Confederate. -- nm - ty97 Jun 26, 21:32 1
        
        Robicheaux -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 26, 21:36
      - Ahh, looks like Powell works (though barely) - ty97 Jun 26, 21:30 3
        
        oof, those Abercrombies - ty97 Jun 26, 21:32 2
        
        natural Fitch enemies. - mafic Jun 26, 21:48 1
        
        too funny -- nm - crash davis Jun 26, 21:50

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