American Civil War-Era Names--Which do You Prefer (plus BQ)?

Absalom (I like it, would never use it)

Albion

Alpheus (name of a river in Greece; I like it but would never use it)

Amiel

August

Carnot

Cassius (both bad Romans...hard choice!)

Emerson

Evander (like it, would never use it)

Erasmus

Jasper

Elkanah

Maxcy (I really don't like either)

Otho

Napoleon :)

Justus

Zachariah

Kenner

Lafayette

Leonidas

Orlando

Regis

Pleasant (both dreadful :)

Zebulon

Sullivan

Theophilous

Ulysses

The only ones I would consider using are Emerson and August. I like a number of these in theory, but I certainly wouldn't want to actually give them to a child.

Absalom ~or~ Armistead: Armistead

Adin ~or~ Albion: Albion

Alpheus ~or~ Cadmus: Cadmus

Amiel ~or~ Jubal: Jubal

August ~or~ Birkett: August

Braxton ~or~ Carnot: Carnot

Cassius ~or~ Claudius: Cassius

Cullen ~or~ Emerson: Cullen

Cuvier ~or~ Evander: Evander

Darius ~or~ Erasmus: Darius

Ebenezer ~or~ Jasper: Jasper

Elkanah ~or~ Sterling: Sterling

Emory ~or~ Maxcy: Emory

Eppa ~or~ Otho: Otho

Green ~or~ Napoleon: Napoleon

Gustavus ~or~ Justus: Gustavus

Isham ~or~ Zachariah: Zachariah

Kenner ~or~ Turner: Turner

Lafayette ~or~ Tyree: Tyree

Leonidas ~or~ Marcellus: Marcellus

Lorenzo ~or~ Orlando: Lorenzo

Orris ~or~ Regis: Regis

Pleasant ~or~ Speed: Speed

Romeyn ~or~ Zebulon: Zebulon

Sullivan ~or~ Truman: Sullivan

Theophilous ~or~ Theopholus: Theopholus

Ulysses ~or~ Zealous: Zealous

BQ: Would you ever consider using any of these names? If so, which ones?

Sterling, Cassius, August, Albion (middle only) and Sullivan (middle only)

This is going to be hard!

Absalom ~or~ Armistead ~ Absalom

Adin ~or~ Albion ~ Albion

Alpheus ~or~ Cadmus ~ Alpheus

Amiel ~or~ Jubal ~ Amiel

August ~or~ Birkett ~ August

Braxton ~or~ Carnot ~ Carnot

Cassius ~or~ Claudius ~ Cassius

Cullen ~or~ Emerson ~ Emerson

Cuvier ~or~ Evander ~ Evander

Darius ~or~ Erasmus ~ Erasmus

Ebenezer ~or~ Jasper ~ Jasper

Elkanah ~or~ Sterling ~ Elkanah

Emory ~or~ Maxcy ~ Emory

Eppa ~or~ Otho ~ Otho

Green ~or~ Napoleon ~ Napoleon

Gustavus ~or~ Justus ~ Gustavus

Isham ~or~ Zachariah ~ Zachariah

Kenner ~or~ Turner ~ Kenner

Lafayette ~or~ Tyree ~ Lafayette I guess

Leonidas ~or~ Marcellus ~ Marcellus

Lorenzo ~or~ Orlando ~ Lorenzo

Orris ~or~ Regis ~ Orris

Pleasant ~or~ Speed ~ Neither

Romeyn ~or~ Zebulon ~ Zebulon

Sullivan ~or~ Truman ~ Sullivan

Theophilous ~or~ Theopholus ~ Theopholus

Ulysses ~or~ Zealous ~ Ulysses

I like Evander. I would definitely consider using that name.

Absalom ~or~ Armistead - Armistead

Adin ~or~ Albion - Adin

Alpheus ~or~ Cadmus - Alpheus

Amiel ~or~ Jubal - Amiel

August ~or~ Birkett - Birkett

Braxton ~or~ Carnot - Braxton

Cassius ~or~ Claudius - Cassius

Cullen ~or~ Emerson - Cullen

Cuvier ~or~ Evander - Evander

Darius ~or~ Erasmus - Darius

Ebenezer ~or~ Jasper - Jasper

Elkanah ~or~ Sterling - Sterling

Emory ~or~ Maxcy - Maxcy

Eppa ~or~ Otho - Otho

Green ~or~ Napoleon - Napoleon

Gustavus ~or~ Justus - Justus

Isham ~or~ Zachariah - Zachariah

Kenner ~or~ Turner - Kenner

Lafayette ~or~ Tyree - Tyree

Leonidas ~or~ Marcellus - Leonidas

Lorenzo ~or~ Orlando - Orlando

Orris ~or~ Regis - Orris

Pleasant ~or~ Speed - Pleasant

Romeyn ~or~ Zebulon - Romeyn

Sullivan ~or~ Truman - Sullivan

Theophilous ~or~ Theopholus - Theophilous

Ulysses ~or~ Zealous - Ulysses

BQ I would consider using these ones

Alpheus nn Alfie

Evander nn Evan

Sterling

Maxcy

Zachariah nn Zack

Kenner

Leonidas nn Leon

Orlando nn Orlan

Orris

Romeyn

Sullivan

Theophilous nn Theo

Absalom ~or~ Armistead - ARMISTEAD

Adin ~or~ Albion - ALBION

Alpheus ~or~ Cadmus - CADMUS

Amiel ~or~ Jubal - JUBAL

August ~or~ Birkett -AUGUST

Braxton ~or~ Carnot - BRAXTON

Cassius ~or~ Claudius -CLAUDIUS

Cullen ~or~ Emerson - CULLEN

Cuvier ~or~ Evander - EVANDER

Darius ~or~ Erasmus - DARIUS

Ebenezer ~or~ Jasper - JASPER

Elkanah ~or~ Sterling - STERLING

Emory ~or~ Maxcy - EMORY

Eppa ~or~ Otho - OTHO

Green ~or~ Napoleon - NAPOLEON

Gustavus ~or~ Justus - JUSTUS

Isham ~or~ Zachariah - ZACHARIAH

Kenner ~or~ Turner - KENNER

Lafayette ~or~ Tyree - TYREE

Leonidas ~or~ Marcellus - MARCELLUS

Lorenzo ~or~ Orlando - LORENZO

Orris ~or~ Regis - REGIS

Pleasant ~or~ Speed - SPEED

Romeyn ~or~ Zebulon - ROMEYN

Sullivan ~or~ Truman - SULLIVAN

Theophilous ~or~ Theopholus - THEOPHOLUS

Ulysses ~or~ Zealous – ULYSSES

BQ: Braxton, Cullen, Emerson, Sterling, Emory, and Zachariah are the only ones I would evereven consider using.

:D

From the viewpoint of Lincoln's Republicans it was totally worth it. Their goal of centralizing power in the hands of the federal government succeeded along with a complete elimination of all political opposition through the period of reconstruction. Lincolns goal was never to free the slaves. He was a bigot who despised being in the presence of blacks and opposed slave holding in the new territories in an effort to keep blacks out of areas he wanted to be reserved for whites. For the South it was worth fighting for those lost states rights. The states will never get those powers back after the civil war amendments and their expansion during the years of the FDR courts. Few can understand the war today because it involves an understanding of state's rights and the federal system that is foreign to us after all of the changes this country has seen. People would rather have a government handout than liberty. Social and corporate welfare is a way for the federal government to take the property and liberties of citizens and redistribute them like in a socialist system. But these have been commonplace since the days of the new deal and we do see that the South was fighting for the preservation of the constitution that Hamilton, Lincoln, FDR, and Obama have destroyed.

The Civil War era? These are mostly names from the BC era with a few early AD era names thrown in. Anyways...

Absalom

Adin

Alpheus

Amiel

August

Braxton

Cassius

Emerson

Evander

Darius

Jasper

Sterling

Emory

Otho

Napoleon

Justus

Zachariah

Kenner

Tyree

Leonidas

Lorenzo

Regis

Speed

Zebulon

Truman

Theopholus

Ulysses

BQ: Braxton, Cullen, Emerson, and Jasper are the only names I would ever dare to consider. The rest either sound like terrible family names, something from Star Wars, senators from ancient Rome, or gang bangers.

Absalom

Adin

Cadmus

Amiel

August (love this name)

Braxton

Cassius

Emerson

Evander

Erasmus

Jasper

Sterling

Emory

Otho

Napoleon

Justus

Zachariah

Turner

Tyree

Leonidas (THIS IS SPARTA! Sorry...)

Lorenzo

Regis

Speed

Zebulon

Truman

Theophilous

Ulysses

BQ: The only one I would consider is August and maybe Zachariah. A lot of these are last names too. 

Absalom

Albion (I believe this used to be on my list)

Cadmus

Amiel (Jubal sounds very ethnic)

August (Love it!)

Braxton

Cassius

Emerson

Evander

Erasmus

Jasper (Love it!)

Sterling

Emory (I love Max, not so sure about Maxcy...)

Otho

Napoleon

Justus

Zachariah

Turner

Tyree

Leonidas

Orlando

Orris

Speed

Zebulon (Romeyn is interesting, but I prefer Roman)

Truman

Theophilous

Ulysses

BQ: Yes! August, Emerson, Jasper, and Truman :]

Absalom

Adin

Alpheus

Amiel

August

Braxton

Claudius

Emerson

Evander

Darius

Jasper

Elkanah

Emory

Otho

Napoleon

Gustavus

Zachariah

Kenner

Tyree

Marcellus

Orlando

Regis

Speed

Zabulon

Sullivan

Theophilous

Ulysseus

The ones that I would consider using are Zachariah, August, and Braxton