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In response to
"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)"
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crash davis
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32 Union 11 Confederate. Not likely close relatives :)
Posted by
Meg (aka Mojave)
Jun 26 '17, 21:36
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Irish: probably a variant of Scottish Galloway, rather than a habitational name from the place of this name in southern Connacht. During the Middle Ages Galways were wealthy merchants on the south coast of Ireland, but now the name is largely confined to Ulster.
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