A One-Name Study for the BARNUM/BARNHAM Surname
E. Romine Barnum was a Sergeant with Company "G", 23rd Regiment, Connecticut Infantry; he enlisted September 2, 1862 and received a pension as an Army Invalid. The Barnum Family, 1350-1907 calls him simply Romine Barnum.
He was at the evacuation of New Orleans during the Civil War and the family had made note of an interesting tale concerning him. One day when swimming, he was watching sailors on board a vessel drawing up water in a huge bucket. Mr. Barnum swam out, got the bucket and brought it to camp. When the commander-in-charge saw the bucket, he asked where it came from and when told of Mr. Barnum’s feat wondered how so slight a man as Mr. Barnum was able to swim with it. The bucket weighed 50 pounds. Mr. Barnum explained that he took the pail in his teeth, threw the bucket over his head onto his shoulders and so had both arms free for swimming.
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