Thinking about the posts above got me wondering about what was going through the heads of Alabama's pro-Unionists after the war was over. Sure, naming a child after Abe Lincoln would have been politically incorrect, but even if it wasn't, I'm not so sure anyone would have done it anyway. After all, many were betrayed by the Union for which they fought or swore allegiance.

For example, men of the First Alabama Cavalry (Federal) were promised bounty money to join but never paid it. After the war was over, the government ruled that these men were merely refugees and not deserving of the money. Union families in the northwest part of the state also were abused when Wilson's army marched through in 1865. Undoubtedly, those who sided with the north had to deal with ongoing animosities from their Confederate neighbors when the war was over. Did those who lost sons at Andersonville blame Lincoln for stopping prisoner exchanges?

Can anyone cast light on this issue?