Mr. Lafitte, I am calling you out! Come forth with a reference to prove your position and I will name my next child Dominique You.
This is from the Gettysburg National Military Park website: "Northwest of Culp's Hill, two Confederate brigades under General Jubal Early momentarily penetrated the Union defenses at Cemetery Hill. In the gathering gloom of dusk, "Louisiana Tigers" and North Carolina soldiers overran Union troops on the eastern side of the hill and rushed through to the summit into Union batteries stationed there. Union reinforcements rushed to the scene and immediately attacked with rifles and bayonets, throwing the Confederates off Cemetery Hill for good." I can see support for both your argument and mine. I'm not planning to have any more kids (that I know of) ... but if I do, say hello to little "Dom."
I will only hold you to naming your son "Dominick", rather than the French version. Dominick, in my humble opinion, is a very cool name for a boy. A boy needs a tough sounding name, and "Dom" is tough sounding. My favorite is "Roch", but then everybody calls him "Rocky", and you son probably becomes a prizefighter. PS Thanks for the citation. The Tigers took Cemetary Hill on Gettysburg, Day 2. They had to withdraw, because the units on their flanks failed to take their objectives. Want an example of an even greater feat of arms by the Tigers? Check out the Battle of Petersburg. In March of 1865, Lee ordered one last desperate attack to break out of the siege at Petersburg. The attack would focus on the Union occupied Fort Stedman. The soldiers chosen to take Fort Stedman were the Tigers, and thier orders were to take the fort by charging it with unloaded rifles. The charging Tigers took the fort with the bayonet in vicious hand-to-hand fighting during the pre-dawn hour. It was the last military victory in history for Confederate forces. The date was March 25th, 1865.
That's AWESOME! I'll take your proposed uniform design under advisement and give you my decision in 2020.
A little more history perhaps? Some of you may know this already, but the General Early mentioned in the quote came to Louisiana after the war, and was prominent in the Lottery scandal. Scroll more than halfway down this link: http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/cabildo/cab11a.htm
One would imagine how humiliating it must have been for Early and Beauregard to have to stand there calling out the names and prizes - but the pay was good and it beat poverty.
It is indeed a fine name for a boy, especially if your last name is "Davis." My favorite person associated with the Tigers was Maj. Chatham Roberdeau "Rob" Wheat, who commanded the immediate unit from First Manassas until his death at Gaines Mill. He was born of wealthy parents, educated at Harvard, was a lawyer but then became a soldier of fortune fighting here and there throughout Europe and in Central America. He was as fond of his bottle as he was of his Bible (good Louisiana traits) and was fearless in battle. He was considered to be the only man who could "control" the Tigers when not in battle. He is buried right here in Richmond's Hollywood Cemetery, where I have visited his grave many times.
He should indeed be buried in Louisiana, but he does rest in a beautiful spot under a tall obelisk erected by "an admirer" (it says). This is the same cemetery that Jefferson Davis is buried in along with J.E.B. Stuart, George Pickett, about 20 other Confederate generals, thousands of Confederate soldiers ... and two U.S. presidents, so Wheat is in good company.
