Advertisement

Pvt Samuel Dalton

Advertisement

Pvt Samuel Dalton

Birth
Virginia, USA
Death
17 Jun 1865 (aged 18)
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Soldiers section W
Memorial ID
View Source
Sam was born in 1842 in Grayson Co., Virginia. He died on 17 Jun 1865 in Jackson Hosp., Richmond, Virginia Civil War.

(courtesy of Donna)

Samuel Dalton enlisted on October 16, 1864, in Carroll County, Virginia, as a Private, Company C, 24th Regiment, Virginia Infantry. He was captured at Five Forks on April 1, 1865, and sent to Point Lookout, Maryland, as a Prisoner of War, arriving April 6, 1865. His name is on a roll of "Sick Prisoners of War" released on June 5, 1865, on taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States. On June 8, 1865, he was admitted to Jackson Hospital, Richmond, Virginia, on died on June 17.

Source: Samuel Dalton, Confederate Civil War Service Records, fold3.

(courtesy of Sheron)

According to the Vagenweb website, Samuel was 23 years, 3 months & 25 days when he died of diarrhea which would make his birth Feb 21, 1842 in Grayson County, Va. This also lines up with the 1850 & 1860 census records showing ages of 8 and 18.

(Contributor: Denise Drake Horton #47089329)
Sam was born in 1842 in Grayson Co., Virginia. He died on 17 Jun 1865 in Jackson Hosp., Richmond, Virginia Civil War.

(courtesy of Donna)

Samuel Dalton enlisted on October 16, 1864, in Carroll County, Virginia, as a Private, Company C, 24th Regiment, Virginia Infantry. He was captured at Five Forks on April 1, 1865, and sent to Point Lookout, Maryland, as a Prisoner of War, arriving April 6, 1865. His name is on a roll of "Sick Prisoners of War" released on June 5, 1865, on taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States. On June 8, 1865, he was admitted to Jackson Hospital, Richmond, Virginia, on died on June 17.

Source: Samuel Dalton, Confederate Civil War Service Records, fold3.

(courtesy of Sheron)

According to the Vagenweb website, Samuel was 23 years, 3 months & 25 days when he died of diarrhea which would make his birth Feb 21, 1842 in Grayson County, Va. This also lines up with the 1850 & 1860 census records showing ages of 8 and 18.

(Contributor: Denise Drake Horton #47089329)

Inscription

Co C
24 Regt
VA INF
CSA



Advertisement

  • Created by: John Shuck
  • Added: Aug 11, 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28946830/samuel-dalton: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Samuel Dalton (1 Oct 1846–17 Jun 1865), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28946830, citing Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by John Shuck (contributor 46798527).