A One-Name Study for the BARNUM/BARNHAM Surname
Charles T. Barnum was a Confederate soldier during the Civil War, serving as a Private in Company "C", 38th Battalion, Virginia Light Artillery. He was killed October 16, 1865 at Petersburg, Virginia. [Refer to the entry for Homer Boardman Barnum to see detailed notes concerning the Petersburg Campaign.]
There is an interesting article titled "Why the Rebels Wore Ragged Clothes", which was published in the Confederate Veteran, as follows: "The legislators of Indiana and Governor Morton, with their wives and daughters, went on a visit of inspection to the prisoners in Camp Morton in 1864. The Confederates were called out for dress parade and were made to look as well as possible. This distinguished body rode in fine carriages. One lady had her carriage stopped about ten feet from the line. Opening the side door of the carriage and pushing her head out, she asked, 'Why do you Rebel soldiers dress so poorly?' Crockett Hudson of Eagleville, Tennessee, replied, 'Gentlemen of the South have two suits – one that they wear among nice people and one that they wear when killing hogs, and that is the one in which we are dressed to-day.' She ordered the carriage to move on."
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