YOUMANS FAMILY IN THE CIVIL WAR

One of the most pivotal events in the history of this country was the Civil War. The Youmans family was represented in the war and on both sides. This is something I had researched for a couple years and independently had come up with about 31 members names of those who fought in the war. The names were roughly equally divided between the North and the South.

There 112 Youmans' who fought in the Civil War. 68 were on the Confederate side and 44 on the Union side. This according to the Civil Ear service records on Ancestry.com. When you look further at the other known spellings of our name, you get an even clearer record. There were 102 Civil War soldiers with the last name of Yeomans.  Of that number, 60 were with the Union and 42 with the confederacy.

Finally, let's look at the name Yeamans. There were only 9 Yeamans who fought in the war and they all fought on the Union side.

These are interesting facts about the family not normally considered. None of the family members won the Congressional Medal of Honor however, a seaman, Henry Thielberg, part of my wife's family, did win the Congressional medal of Honor. He won it while serving temporarily on board the USS Mount Washington during the Nansemond River action, 14 April 1863.