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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kevin Mader, post: 6730708, member: 106826&quot;]I have a friend whose great-great grandfather (might be another great in there) was an Ohio infantrymen in the Civil War.&nbsp; He was part of Sherman&#039;s March to the Sea.&nbsp; Ever since, every generation has a middle name of Sherman.&nbsp; Seems that it was customary.&nbsp; I also visited Gettysburg a few year&#039;s back, the 150th anniversary.&nbsp; I went to the point where Lee overlooked Pickett&#039;s charge...there were only about 4 of us, but we started across the field.&nbsp; On that day, the park allows folks to march across to the Highwater Mark.&nbsp; Next to me was a man, dressed in a Confederate uniform and carrying a muzzleloader.&nbsp; As we 4 walked across, I assumed that the man was a reenactment actor.&nbsp; He said no, but that on every occasion of the Charge where the Park Service allowed folks on to the field, an ancestor would do the walk in the honor of their great-great grandfather.&nbsp; Every one of those folks shared their grandfather&#039;s/father&#039;s name.&nbsp; I remember my daughter looking at me with great surprise.&nbsp; The uniform he was wearing was his great-great grandfather&#039;s as was the muzzleloader.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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