Good find,
Something else to consider is that the William mentioned, may well be the John W. Wallace of the blade. I have not spent more than superficial time with this but this William Wallace was (iirc) from the Carolinas (google notes of). It is and was no surprise to have folk going by their middle name and not their first (or Christian) name. My family was no different in the Americas of the 19th century and continues today with me often referred to as Alan (my middle name), just as my father Alan was more often referred to as Robert (his middle name). I have come across it even in musters of the American Civil War and company records differing from enlistment lists (the commander's notes sometimes using the middle names). In a sense, some of this also goes back to surname and descendants of the UK history with Mc and Mac.
I would (if me) pursue both Wallaces until better reckoning of the sword might be made.
Cheers and Happy Holidays
GC
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Originally Posted by celtan
Hi Guys, interesting news,
Just got my digital copy of three books written about Norfolk, VA.
In one of them I found this tasty tidbit:
THE H I S T O R Y OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
A review of Important Events and Incidents which occurred from 1736 to 1877
BY H. W. BURTON, .
" HARRY SCRATCH” OF THE NORFOLK VIRGINIAN.
NORFOLK, VA.
Norfolk Virginian Job Print; 36 and 38 Roanoke Avenue., 1877
page 93
/"...the charge, about fifty yards from ihe ditch, Captain John W. Wallace, of Company C, Sixty-first Virginia Regiment, was stricken down with a broken thigh. He lay upon his back, refusing to allow his men to take him from the field till the battle was over, waving his hat and urging his men to " Go on; go forward ."/
So it seems that some documents refer to Captain Wallace as John W., yet others refer to him as John G., which makes my suspicion this is a matter of a W/G cursive handwriting misinterpretation very likely.
Now, which one would be the correct version?
Manuel
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