US Civil War June 2023 Challenge-Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery [closed]

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The June Challenge will run from Monday June 5th to Friday June 30th.  The Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery holds 2,346 Confederate Soldiers who died while imprisoned in Camp Chase.  Presently there's only 28 soldiers in the category for the Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery.  Our goal is to create profiles for all 2,346 Soldiers!!!

The US Civil War Project Monthly Challenges Page  is where you will find the instructions and sign-up chart for the challenge.  

Challenge Tracker:

• We will again be using the Challenge Tracker to keep track of the profiles created.  It is not automatic as in the Connect-a-Thon, but rather after Editing---a green banner appears at the top of the profile page with a dark “button” labeled Challenge Tracker, this is a link to the Tracker page.  Click the link and, on the page that comes up, select US Civil War challenge and add comment: "Created Profile". Click "Add Action" and you are finished.

Come and join our June Challenge!!!!  

Click here for the Sign-up Chart: US Civil War Project Monthly Challenges Page     Please read the instructions.

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UPDATE: June 8th, There are now 210 soldiers listed on the Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery Category page 

June 11: 303 Soldiers listed

June 13: 392 Soldiers listed

June 17: 524 Soldiers listed

June 19: 650 Soldiers listed

June 20: 705 Soldiers listed

June 30: Final Count 1,080 Soldiers listed (LAST DAY!!!!!!)  

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Question:  I'm already feeling inadequate.  I've looked at about 4 soldiers and found almost nothing about them.  I almost decided to give up but then I thought I should ask.  Should I add profiles for them in any case?  At least one I could add Research Notes to suppose a couple of things.  The first one in my page has, so far, only very scant military records, no birthday or place, etc.  I just need a little guidance.  Thanks.

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Hi Lorraine, there are a lot of Confederate soldiers buried in Camp Chase that have very few sources.  Go ahead and create profiles for them anyway.  I took a look at your first one P. A. Fields, 3 Confederate Cavalry, and even though he doesn't have much on him, go ahead and create a profile for him. You can put a Research Note on the profile and mention no other records available. Here's an examble of one I created:  J. W. Orrell (-1865) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree   Take heart, not all of them are like P. A. Fields.

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Thank you.  I was hoping you'd say that.  Will do.

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Don't feel inadequate. It happens a lot. I've been down many a rabbit hole this month and I am still struggling to find any source other than Fold3 for the one I'm working on now. It happens. I have to remind myself not to spend forever and not to get frustrated.

Tag the profile with categories "Civil War Needs .... " (whatever it needs) and hopefully, we can get back to these profiles in the future and improve them. I've been adding notes to the problem profiles on the table we are using to keep track.

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We are doing great on this challenge, two more days to go, and we now have 971 soldiers listed in the Category for Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery 

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Is that our final count? 1,071?

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Norman the final count from the Category page is 1,080.  The challenge tracker records 940 profiles made, some of the members didn't use the tracker, so that number should be maybe 20 to 40 more profiles, then the rest would be profiles that were already made and just needed the categories and stickers added.  Pretty impressive month 

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Pam,

That is pretty good considering how tough the records were.

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That's very good! I agree with Norman, identification was really tough. Rabbit holes, pitfalls, and brickwalls! I was able to connect a 22 year old soldier on Find a Grave back to his family's memorial. The family memorial had "burial unknown" and he was buried in Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery from the Battle of Shiloh. Find a Grave accept the merge.

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We'll be picking this challenge back up in August.

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Pam,

Can you give me the link again to the Camp Chase death records (not the by the grave number record). I came across a FAG memorial that says he died at Camp Chase, but is buried elsewhere. He's listed in the Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery at FAG. I want to check the death records to see if he is listed there. I cannot find a military file. So, the Camp Chase death records is my only hope of proving (or disproving) his death at Camp Chase. Thanks.

Also, thanks for the warning we have another tough month ahead in August. More punishment coming.  Ha.

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I have that link on the challenge page already.  It's already set up for August.

Answer 1

I'll work on this challenge.

Answer 2

Pam,

I found 2 of those references you gave us very useful. The graves list and Camp Chase death records. I used those a few times when my usual sources had nothing. Thank you.

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Hi Norman, those do come in handy.  I'm working on pg 3 of the B's, and coming across some unusual stuff.  You'll notice I put in a merge request for Crochett Brown profile, Find-a-grave approved the merge I put in for them (Crochett Brown and Crochett Burnett).  Now I've found a Percidine Lysander Barrett and a Phillip L. Barrett who are using the same gravestone and same military record.  I'm finding that one of the creators for the Find-a-Grave memorials is putting in month/date/year of birth without saying where he found this information.  I've already created a profile for Phillip L. Barrett and there is already a profile for Percidine   I like Andersonville much more then Camp Chase.

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Pam,

I'm not convinced Crockett Brown and Crockett Watson are the same person. There is a chance there was another Crockett in the family (other than Watson). A cousin of Hiram Brown may have also been named Crockett. For now, I'm rejecting the merger until I can do further research. I was aware of Crocker Watson when I created the profile of Crockett Brown. "We lost Crockett" could refer to another family member (like a cousin or uncle).

The age in the military records was for a man 11 years older that Crockett Watson.  Crockett Watson would have been very young to have enlisted at that time. Crockett Watson was listed as Watson (not Brown) in the census. The military records were all for Crockett Brown.

Just too many issues there to merge Crockett Brown and Crockett Watson.  I think it's premature.

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FAG Memorials for Camp Chase almost all have the birth date. There is an occasion memorial made by others. But most were created the same. Whoever did that had access to some record we do not have. There was to be some Camp Chase record that has the birth information. We just never found what that record was.

There was an occasion or two where I could not even find a graves registration (and not listed in the resources we had). But the FAG Memorial had a name, birth and death date. I doubt the FAG memorials were done by searching for each individual's records. That makes me think there was a Camp Chase record we never found.

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I'm unable to see ages since I don't have Fold3.  The census I saw on Crockett had Burnett as his surname, living in the household of stepfather.  So may have gotten the wrong man. I know the brother mentioned did use Brown as his surname.  Here is a link to the apparent step-father of Crockett that used Burnett, 1850 census shows his step-brother Hiram A. Brown. Hiram Brown (1790-1867) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree