US Civil War: Between the States Project 2023 March Newsletter

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Monthly Challenge Updates:

In January we had the great Double Dare Challenge for the Connect-a-Thon, the 28 members who participated connected over 300 soldiers to the one-world tree and made 6,480 profiles.  

The February KIA during the Battle of Shiloh Challenge had 14 members creating 510 new profiles for those soldiers who died during that battle.  

Our March Challenge begins March 1st.  We will need A LOT OF HELP, because the challenge will be to create profiles for the Union Soldiers who died in Andersonville Prison.   Find-A-Grave has memorials for 12,681 soldiers, but WikiTree only has 137 created.  If your interested in joining the challenge, you can sign-up on The Monthly Challenge Page, where you’ll find the Instructions and sign-up chart: US Civil War Project Monthly Challenges Page (wikitree.com)  

The next Connect-a-Thon is in April, so we won’t have a Monthly Challenge.  

Reminders:

1) Civil War Stickers:  when it says “side=” use USA or CSA, never spell out Union or Confederate.

2) Those who are new to the US Civil War Project.  We have a section on the Project page called “Hints for Stickers and Categories” US Civil War: War Between the States Project (wikitree.com).  The number one mistake on Stickers is not getting the “Unit=” correct, this must match the category.  If you don’t know the Unit, use this sticker:  {{US Civil War|side=  }}  side= would be USA or CSA.

3) On the Project page you’ll find the “Roll of Honor” Sticker.  The Roll of Honor sticker is used for: Killed in Action, Wounded in Action, Missing in Action, Prisoner of War, Died of Wounds, Died of Disease, Died in Military Service, Died While Prisoner of War. US Civil War: War Between the States Project (wikitree.com)

Helpful Links for Research:

1) National Park Service: Search For Soldiers - The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)

2) Family Search: United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865 • FamilySearch

3) A great place to find sources for your research is the Project’s Main Research Page: US Civil War: War Between the States Resource Page (wikitree.com)

Wiki News for Wiki’ 15th Anniversary:

There are some fun projects going on that members can get involved in: 

1) I t’s not too late to sign-up for this:  15 for 15 Mission: Are you participating in the 2023 15 For 15 Mission? - WikiTree G2G

2) WikiTree is putting together a Cookbook, hoping to get a family recipe and a story from members. If your interested in sharing a recipe that's been passed down through your family, here’s the link:  https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1527871/wikitree-anniversary-cookbook-family-recipe-story-would-

3) Love this Video for WikiGames, it’s for the weekend of August 25-27th   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UTsM4nLB6k

Go to the US Civil War 2023 March Challenge, so you can sign up NOW!!!

in The Tree House by Pam Kreutzer G2G6 Mach 9 (90.4k points)
edited by Pam Kreutzer

5 Answers

+12 votes
Nice newsletter, Pam, and thanks for mentioning the stickers and RoH!
by Natalie Trott G2G Astronaut (1.5m points)
+11 votes
Signed up!  I don't think the Lamberts listed are related, but I'll start with them anyway.
by Nan Starjak G2G6 Pilot (428k points)
thank you for signing up Nan
+10 votes
I want to help.  Should modify to B-4 as the start (not b-9).
by Anonymous Paulien G2G6 Mach 4 (42.1k points)
Hi, did you want me to change it to B 4-11 instead of B 9-11?  There's about 20 names per page.  That would be about 160 soldiers for pages 4-11 (8 pages).   It's whatever your comfortable with.
Hi Pam,

I'd like to work on a bunch of Bakers so could you change it to B-4-5?  Thanks!
I can do that. Thank you for participating.
+10 votes
I'll join you on the Andersonville soon. I still have a little unfinished business with Shiloh. I thought I would be done by now, but fell into a rabbit hole. Sometimes when I'm researching (before I start the profile), I get the gut feeling this is going down a rabbit hole.  Fell into one of those today.  Been all day getting it straightened out so I could create a couple profiles. FamilySearch and Find a Grave both had the records mixed together.  Took a while to sort that out. Hope Find a Grave accepts the edits I gave them. At least I got the WikiTree profiles and the FamilySearch profiles straightened out.

An Elizabeth married a Thomas Jefferson Sargent in Indiana. A Mary Elizabeth married a different Thomas Jefferson Sargent in Illinois. Both families ended up in Kansas. And the records got bumbled together.

I keep reminding myself you said rabbit holes are fun.
by Norman Jones G2G6 Pilot (201k points)
Ha Ha, I try to keep notes about where I started for I can find my way back.
I'm not that clever.  I am lost before I realize I should have marked the trail in.  Ha.
+8 votes
I have info on many of my ancestors who fought in the war and am looking for more information that may be of interest.  will this site answer the unknown?
by Philip Martin G2G Crew (960 points)

Hi Philip here's a link to the resource page we have, look it over, it might have what your searching for: US Civil War: War Between the States Resource Page (wikitree.com)

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