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Armistead · 12-26-10, 03:38 PM

I got big in the Civil War in my 20's. I now live in a small town near Winston Salem, but worked in GSO for years. The fellow I was named after was from Fort Mill and a captain in the civil war. No one really did the history on him in detail. One day I was at the Greensboro Musuem talking to the President and mentioned his name...low and behold he was a member of the Guilford Grays from Greensboro and they had his picture and records in detail.

He almost had his foot severed at the achilles in the war. He named his son Achilles. I'm sure after his foot....maybe because that got him out of the war and saved his life...

12-26-10, 03:38 PM	#7
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	I got big in the Civil War in my 20's. I now live in a small town near Winston Salem, but worked in GSO for years. The fellow I was named after was from Fort Mill and a captain in the civil war. No one really did the history on him in detail. One day I was at the Greensboro Musuem talking to the President and mentioned his name...low and behold he was a member of the Guilford Grays from Greensboro and they had his picture and records in detail. He almost had his foot severed at the achilles in the war. He named his son Achilles. I'm sure after his foot....maybe because that got him out of the war and saved his life...