I've also created a memorial page for William Jeen West as well as his parents, Daniel Brooksand Catherine Brooks, who I confirmed are buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett, MA (there were more than 8 Woodlawn cemeteries within 2 hours of where they died and I got lucky that the 2nd one I contacted was the right one).
William Jeen West (William T. West's father) who was born William O. Brooks and also used the names Walter L. Brooks and Walter Kearns, has a bio posted here. Please bear in mind this bio is a work in progress as new documents are uncovered. It is a very convoluted story so if something doesn't make sense or you're hopelessly confused, please let me know and I'll be happy to try and clarify anything.
I've also created a memorial page for William Jeen West as well as his parents, Daniel Brooksand Catherine Brooks, who I confirmed are buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett, MA (there were more than 8 Woodlawn cemeteries within 2 hours of where they died and I got lucky that the 2nd one I contacted was the right one).
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William Jeen West (William T. West's father) who was born William O. Brooks and also used the names Walter L. Brooks and Walter Kearns, has a bio posted here. Please bear in mind this bio is a work in progress as new documents are uncovered. It is a very convoluted story so if something doesn't make sense or you're hopelessly confused, please let me know and I'll be happy to try and clarify anything.
I've also created a memorial page for William Jeen West as well as his parents, Daniel Brooksand Catherine Brooks, who I confirmed are buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett, MA (there were more than 8 Woodlawn cemeteries within 2 hours of where they died and I got lucky that the 2nd one I contacted was the right one). William H.H. Wilcox, who was first at Libby Prison apparently didn't have any luck. He was later transferred to Camp Sorghum in Columbia, SC which apparently wasn't much better in terms of the conditions. I can't upload the NY Times article to this site because it gets all distorted, but you can see it here. The article discusses the horrible conditions they suffered there and how there was a large effort to get them released (about 10,000 Union soldiers in all). At the end there is a list of names of the latest officers finally released and William is there as "Lt. W.H.H. Wilcox, RQM, 10th NY."
While I think the conditions stated in the article are true, bear in mind that this article was written by a northerner as you read some of the author's rantings (ie he states that the north took great care of the confederate prisoners while they made our Union troops suffer horrible conditions; well we in the north had some pretty bad war prisons as well). William H.H. Wilcox's grandfather's brother, George Eacker, was the guy who shot Alexander Hamilton's son, Philip in a duel. Well, according to this site, the pistols used by Philip, and later used by his father, Alexander Hamilton, in the famous duel against Aaron Burr were donated to a NY bank that eventually merged with Chase Manhattan Bank. Sadly it doesn't appear that they are on display but you can at least see a picture of them at that website. A real irony is that the the bank the pistols were donated to was originally founded by Burr.
William H.H. Wilcox, who was first at Libby Prison apparently didn't have any luck. He was later transferred to Camp Sorghum in Columbia, SC which apparently wasn't much better in terms of the conditions. I can't upload the NY Times article to this site because it gets all distorted, but you can see it here. The article discusses the horrible conditions they suffered there and how there was a large effort to get them released (about 10,000 Union soldiers in all). At the end there is a list of names of the latest officers finally released and William is there as "Lt. W.H.H. Wilcox, RQM, 10th NY."
While I think the conditions stated in the article are true, bear in mind that this article was written by a northerner as you read some of the author's rantings (ie he states that the north took great care of the confederate prisoners while they made our Union troops suffer horrible conditions; well we in the north had some pretty bad war prisons as well). |
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