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From the Confederate Veteran.
Vic Reinhardt, Terrell, Tex., wrote...
"During the war I had so many nick-names that it took a good memory to keep up with all of them. I was called "Lum," "Dutch," "Fiz," "Leafy," "Rattle," "Merry Cuss" and "Victory." The last name followed me home and stayed with me during reconstruction days, and until my father told me to have my original initials (C. W.) dropped, which I did at Sulphur Springs, Tex., in the presence of Capt. Spence, of my old regiment. My old name on the company roll is C. W., but I was known as well by almost any other initials or nick-name as the real. Gen. Frank Gardner gave me the name "Merry Cuss." I wish also to say further that when I enlisted in 18611 weighed seventy-two pounds, scant. When I returned home after the surrender in 18651 weighed eighty-five pounds. I hope my old comrades will remember me as the same scrap of a boy that marched with the Alabama Brigade from the organization of the Twenty-fifth Alabama Infantry, at Camp Memminger, below Mobile, until the surrender at Greensboro, N. C. I would like to hear from any of the boys."