"Alexander," AKA Corp. James Alexander or Alexander James Norton was a Civil War Soldier who contracted Small Pox while being held as a Prisoner of War. He mustered in 15 Aug 1861 at Camp Butler, Illinois and served with Company C Illinois 29th Infantry.
He was initially interred at Arsenal Island Cemetery (Defunct), Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri. His death date was originally reported as 2 May 1862 at the Arsenal Hospital, but because of such remote and chaotic reporting situations, it is officially recognized as "before 7 May" or "before 9 May 1863", the date of his Pension papers.
On the U.S. Register of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865, Illinois N-R, Page 12, He is listed as Norton, Alexander, Priv. Co. C, 29th Ill. Inf, 1863, March 27, Small Pox H, St. Louis, Mo. Variola, S.W. Adreon, A.A.S. The notation Priv. is in error, he was a Corp. and the date of 27 March may have been when he contracted Small Pox, although it is in the Death Date Column. ("Small Pox H." is a reference to the hospital where he died)
From the historical records of Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery:
"In 1876, 470 unknown Union remains were transferred from Arsenal Island in Illinois, the U.S. Army's contagious disease hospital located on an island in the Mississippi River, known during the war as "Smallpox Island." Flooding washed away the cemetery's wooden markers, making identification of the remains impossible when they were re-interred."/
Alexander left behind a widow and three year old son.
He was initially interred at Arsenal Island Cemetery (Defunct), Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri. His death date was originally reported as 2 May 1862 at the Arsenal Hospital, but because of such remote and chaotic reporting situations, it is officially recognized as "before 7 May" or "before 9 May 1863", the date of his Pension papers.
On the U.S. Register of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865, Illinois N-R, Page 12, He is listed as Norton, Alexander, Priv. Co. C, 29th Ill. Inf, 1863, March 27, Small Pox H, St. Louis, Mo. Variola, S.W. Adreon, A.A.S. The notation Priv. is in error, he was a Corp. and the date of 27 March may have been when he contracted Small Pox, although it is in the Death Date Column. ("Small Pox H." is a reference to the hospital where he died)
From the historical records of Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery:
"In 1876, 470 unknown Union remains were transferred from Arsenal Island in Illinois, the U.S. Army's contagious disease hospital located on an island in the Mississippi River, known during the war as "Smallpox Island." Flooding washed away the cemetery's wooden markers, making identification of the remains impossible when they were re-interred."/
Alexander left behind a widow and three year old son.
"Alexander," AKA Corp. James Alexander or Alexander James Norton was a Civil War Soldier who contracted Small Pox while being held as a Prisoner of War. He mustered in 15 Aug 1861 at Camp Butler, Illinois and served with Company C Illinois 29th Infantry.
He was initially interred at Arsenal Island Cemetery (Defunct), Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri. His death date was originally reported as 2 May 1862 at the Arsenal Hospital, but because of such remote and chaotic reporting situations, it is officially recognized as "before 7 May" or "before 9 May 1863", the date of his Pension papers.
On the U.S. Register of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865, Illinois N-R, Page 12, He is listed as Norton, Alexander, Priv. Co. C, 29th Ill. Inf, 1863, March 27, Small Pox H, St. Louis, Mo. Variola, S.W. Adreon, A.A.S. The notation Priv. is in error, he was a Corp. and the date of 27 March may have been when he contracted Small Pox, although it is in the Death Date Column. ("Small Pox H." is a reference to the hospital where he died)
From the historical records of Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery:
"In 1876, 470 unknown Union remains were transferred from Arsenal Island in Illinois, the U.S. Army's contagious disease hospital located on an island in the Mississippi River, known during the war as "Smallpox Island." Flooding washed away the cemetery's wooden markers, making identification of the remains impossible when they were re-interred."/
Alexander left behind a widow and three year old son.
He was initially interred at Arsenal Island Cemetery (Defunct), Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri. His death date was originally reported as 2 May 1862 at the Arsenal Hospital, but because of such remote and chaotic reporting situations, it is officially recognized as "before 7 May" or "before 9 May 1863", the date of his Pension papers.
On the U.S. Register of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865, Illinois N-R, Page 12, He is listed as Norton, Alexander, Priv. Co. C, 29th Ill. Inf, 1863, March 27, Small Pox H, St. Louis, Mo. Variola, S.W. Adreon, A.A.S. The notation Priv. is in error, he was a Corp. and the date of 27 March may have been when he contracted Small Pox, although it is in the Death Date Column. ("Small Pox H." is a reference to the hospital where he died)
From the historical records of Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery:
"In 1876, 470 unknown Union remains were transferred from Arsenal Island in Illinois, the U.S. Army's contagious disease hospital located on an island in the Mississippi River, known during the war as "Smallpox Island." Flooding washed away the cemetery's wooden markers, making identification of the remains impossible when they were re-interred."/
Alexander left behind a widow and three year old son.
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