W Counsil
Honor Code SignatorySigned 29 Mar 2019 | 2,740 contributions | 133 thank-yous | 1,877 connections
Signed 29 Mar 2019 | 2,740 contributions | 133 thank-yous | 1,877 connections
W L. Counsil
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| Created 29 Mar 2019
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Biography
Currently spending most of my time on my new Civil War Project, trying to find sources for the 1747 people who died in Alton Military Prison, a POW camp for Confederate soldiers, from 1862-1865--or at least for as many as I can. For the most part, they died of smallpox, malaria, typhoid, and measles. 1354 of the dead were prisoners, and the rest were guards and civilian workers. Some are buried in an Alton, Illinois graveyard, and some were buried in mass graves on "Smallpox Island," now under the surface of the Mississippi River.
Otherwise, I'm 43 years a genealogist, with a lot of on-the-ground research in county courthouses, graveyards, historical societies, and public libraries, cranking away at microfilm machines.
Having recently been a victim of identity theft, for now, I'm skittish and keeping my own details off the website.
Sources
- First-hand information.
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- W's formal name
- full middle name (L.)
- e-mail address
- images (2)
- family tree
- father's name
- mother's name
- autosomal DNA test connections
Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about W:
- W Counsil is a Wonderful WikiTreer Jun 14, 2019.
P Kreutzer, US Civil War Between the States Project Leader.
The Global Cemeteries Project is currently undergoing our member check-in and wanted to verify that you are still active and interested in being a member of the project. Are you currently assigned to or working with one of our Cemetery Teams? If not, is there a particular Team or area you are interested in participating with? I would be delighted to help you get setup in one or more of our collaborative teams!
We use Google Groups for internal project collaboration, so if you are not yet setup for access feel free to submit a join request and we will get that approved as quick as possible. We also ask that members check their followed tags to make sure you are following the correct project tag (CEMETERIES) so you don't miss any discussions in G2G.
Last, but not least, we would like to thank you for all of your contributions to WikiTree and let you know that any ideas or suggestions for improvement you may have for the Global Cemeteries Project would greatly appreciated!
I look forward to hearing form you soon!
Steve ~Global Cemeteries Project Leader
Very well done on your making 1,000 or more contributions to WikiTree in June 2019! We commend and appreciate all of your time and effort in helping to grow and perfect our Shared Tree. Keep up the great work!
Pip Sheppard ~ WikiTree Appreciation Team
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cate-320
He was exchanged for a union prisoner, and spent the rest of the war fighting.
There is an image of Alton Prison Camp on his page
Here is the correct category:https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Alton_Federal_Military_Prison%2C_Alton%2C_Illinois Regards,Natalie
Congratulations on making more than 1,000 contributions to WikiTree for the Month of May. We all appreciate your efforts to make our Shared Tree the best it can be. Keep up the great work and THANK YOU!
Pip Sheppard WikiTree Appreciation Team
John Gholson is clean and ready for you to edit. Have fun!
Mindy
You don't have any Suggestions (errors) in your profiles - hooray! Images can't be posted if they come from another site, unless you have their written permission. You can post the details so others know what information you got, and from where. On the profiles with interviews make the citation as complete as possible and then look for census or other records (FamilySearch is a free site you can find many records on).
Let me know if you have any questions, I'm here to help!
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