Pvt. George Tracey - Company A, 10th Kansas Infantry - Alton, IL
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N 38° 53.479 W 090° 11.373
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At the Alton Prison a memorial
Waymark Code: WMX13C
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 11/11/2017
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County of memorial: Madison County
Location of memorial: Williams St. & Broadway Ave., Alton
Erected by: Illinois State Historical Society, Greater Alton Chamber of Commerce, & Madison County Historical Society
Pvt. George Tracy
Co. A, 10th Kansas Infantry
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Although only 15 at the outbreak of the war, George Tracey was big for his age and went from one enlistment station to another until he was accepted. He fought in several significant battles including Newtonia, Fort Wayne and Prairie Grove before the unit was assigned here in January of 1864. Duty at Alton at that time was as dangeous as a battlefield assignment because of a severe winter and bad outbreak of smallpox. 10 of the regiment died during service at Alton.
George T. Tracey was mustered out at Fort Leavenworth Kansas on September 10, 1865. He married Anna Eliza Kenhart and they raised 12 children in Miami County, Kansas. George Tracey died in 1918.