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Daniel R. Alton Veteran

Birth: 5 May 1844
Wheatland, Knox County, Indiana, USA
Death: 14 Jun 1921 (aged 77)
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
Burial: Cave Hill Cemetery

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 38.242962, Longitude: -85.713363
Plot: Section: 9 Lot: 104 Grave: SW 1/4
Memorial ID: 10202684 View Source

Resided in Daviess County, Indiana, and enlisted in Co. E, 27th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, at age 17, single, 5'6", Farmer
Promoted from Corporal. Wounded at Antietam--gunshot to left hip. 1st Corps General Field Hospital Sharman House. No 1 United States Army General Hospital Frederick Maryland. West End United States Army General Hospital Cincinnati. Discharged at Harrisburg Pennsylvania 7-11-63 for wounds & gangrene. Later served as 2nd Lieutenant with B Troop, 10th Indiana Cavalry, in 1865. Mustered out Vicksburg Mississippi. Discharged Indianapolis Indiana 1865.

Son of Ben Alton and Jane Walker

Resided in Daviess County, Indiana, and enlisted in Co. E, 27th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, at age 17, single, 5'6", Farmer
Promoted from Corporal. Wounded at Antietam--gunshot to left hip. 1st Corps General Field Hospital Sharman House. No 1 United States Army General Hospital Frederick Maryland. West End United States Army General Hospital Cincinnati. Discharged at Harrisburg Pennsylvania 7-11-63 for wounds & gangrene. Later served as 2nd Lieutenant with B Troop, 10th Indiana Cavalry, in 1865. Mustered out Vicksburg Mississippi. Discharged Indianapolis Indiana 1865.

Son of Ben Alton and Jane Walker

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Maintained by: Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Originally Created by: Bev
Added: Jan 1, 2005
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10202684/daniel_r-alton: accessed ), memorial page for Daniel R. Alton (5 May 1844–14 Jun 1921), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10202684, citing Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (contributor 48353502).

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