New piece of trivia

I am getting interested these days in my family's history, especially the military history of it. If you don't already know, I am the proud sister, daughter, niece, stepdaughter, granddaughter, and (now I find out) great-great-granddaughter of military servicemen.

Talking with my dad today, I found out that my great-great-grandfather fought in the Civil War. The funny thing is that my dad's family came from England and settled right around here (there are lots of people in this area w/ my maiden name. Anyway, part of the family migrated down to Alabama, where my grandfather was born. However, my great-great-grandfather, George Washington S., volunteered in Tennessee - for the Union.

When he was buried in Alabama, whoever made the headstone assumed that he's fought for the CSA, and engraved it accordingly. One of his grandkids (my grandpa's brother) rubbed the word 'Confederate' off, so his grave to this day reads "[blank] States of America." And, I also find it funny that we have a George W. in our family too.