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Capt Byron George Talman

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Capt Byron George Talman Veteran

Birth
Perinton, Monroe County, New York, USA
Death
15 Nov 1909 (aged 71)
New Brighton, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Williams, Hamilton County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Plot
87 North
Memorial ID
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Byron Talman, brother of John Talman, the assistant librarian of the Minnesota State Historical Society, died at the Mounds View hotel, New Brighton, this morning, at the age of seventy-one years. Arrangements for the funeral have not yet been made. Last winter Mr. Talman was severely injured by a falling tree and, while lie "thought lie had entirely" recovered from the effects of the injury,
complications set in which caused his death. Mr. Talman, who was born near Fairport, N. Y., had an enviable reputation as a soldier, won during the Civil War. He was brevet captain of Company "M", Twenty-Second New York Cavalry and during the war was frequently in command of either a battalion or a regiment. He was promoted
for gallantry at the battle of Winchester and at the battle of the Wilderness he was in command of twenty-five troops who carried dispatches to General Grant.-Mr. Talman was the captor of Major Harry Gilmore, the famous Baltimore officer, whom he chased for three days and nights. In pursuit of General Early Mr. Talman recovered
field dispatches and official papers which he kept during the rest of his life. Mr. Talman came to Minnesota in 1865, but in the next year left for Iowa where he lived until four years ago, when he returned to Minnesota and settled on a farm near Fridley. He is survived by a wife Elizabeth and the following children : Charles B.,of Antler, Saskatchewan; Can., William H , Denver, Col.; Mrs. I. O. Thompson, Buhl, Idaho; Mrs. Peter Ackerman, Esterville,Iowa, and Clara Talman, Emmettsbury, Iowa, and a sister, Mrs. Harriet Colvin, of Denver, and brother, John Talman, of St. Paul.For gravestone photo see:
http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=823594

His date of birth is from his Civil War Record and may not be accurate.

U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 about Byron Tallman
Name: Byron Tallman
Residence: Perrinton, New York
Age at Enlistment: 25
Enlistment Date: 1 Oct 1863
Rank at enlistment: 1st Sergeant
Enlistment Place: Perrinton, New York
State Served: New York
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Promoted to Full 2nd Lieutenant on 09 Aug 1864.Enlisted in Company A, New York 22nd Cavalry Regiment on 20 Dec 1864.Mustered out on 01 Aug 1865 at Winchester, VA.
Birth Date: abt 1838
Sources: New York: Report of the Adjutant-General
Byron Talman, brother of John Talman, the assistant librarian of the Minnesota State Historical Society, died at the Mounds View hotel, New Brighton, this morning, at the age of seventy-one years. Arrangements for the funeral have not yet been made. Last winter Mr. Talman was severely injured by a falling tree and, while lie "thought lie had entirely" recovered from the effects of the injury,
complications set in which caused his death. Mr. Talman, who was born near Fairport, N. Y., had an enviable reputation as a soldier, won during the Civil War. He was brevet captain of Company "M", Twenty-Second New York Cavalry and during the war was frequently in command of either a battalion or a regiment. He was promoted
for gallantry at the battle of Winchester and at the battle of the Wilderness he was in command of twenty-five troops who carried dispatches to General Grant.-Mr. Talman was the captor of Major Harry Gilmore, the famous Baltimore officer, whom he chased for three days and nights. In pursuit of General Early Mr. Talman recovered
field dispatches and official papers which he kept during the rest of his life. Mr. Talman came to Minnesota in 1865, but in the next year left for Iowa where he lived until four years ago, when he returned to Minnesota and settled on a farm near Fridley. He is survived by a wife Elizabeth and the following children : Charles B.,of Antler, Saskatchewan; Can., William H , Denver, Col.; Mrs. I. O. Thompson, Buhl, Idaho; Mrs. Peter Ackerman, Esterville,Iowa, and Clara Talman, Emmettsbury, Iowa, and a sister, Mrs. Harriet Colvin, of Denver, and brother, John Talman, of St. Paul.For gravestone photo see:
http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=823594

His date of birth is from his Civil War Record and may not be accurate.

U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 about Byron Tallman
Name: Byron Tallman
Residence: Perrinton, New York
Age at Enlistment: 25
Enlistment Date: 1 Oct 1863
Rank at enlistment: 1st Sergeant
Enlistment Place: Perrinton, New York
State Served: New York
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Promoted to Full 2nd Lieutenant on 09 Aug 1864.Enlisted in Company A, New York 22nd Cavalry Regiment on 20 Dec 1864.Mustered out on 01 Aug 1865 at Winchester, VA.
Birth Date: abt 1838
Sources: New York: Report of the Adjutant-General


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