re: #339 ckkatz

Floyd, by the way, was a former Governor of Virginia. Floyd County, Virginia is named after him.

Wikipedia has this amusing description of his tenure as Buchanan’s Secretary of War:

“In March 1857, Floyd became Secretary of War in Buchanan’s cabinet, where his lack of administrative ability was soon apparent”

He was also indicted for corruption during his tenure, but still managed to leave office broke.

And your point is well made, Floyd did not cover himself in glory as a Confederate General either.

en.wikipedia.org

In the 1860 census, there were only a few hundred people with our family name in the US. One became a Union general. (He later invaded Canada in a Fenian incursion.) Another, a sergeant, is listed on a North Side Pittsburgh monument as KIA in a light artillery battery.