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Submitted: 1/23/10 • Approved: 2/4/10 • Last Updated: 3/31/18 • R30756-G0-S3
Inscription:
JAMES BARTON
Co. H.
158 Pa. Reg.
Died Aug 31, 1899
Aged
68 Yrs. 8 Mos.
& 18 D's.
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James Barton served in the Civil War in Company H, 158th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. On Page 846 of History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5 Private James Barton is shown to be in Company H, of the 158th Regiment. His date of muster into service is listed as November 4, 1862. Under remarks it says, "Mustered out with company, August 12, 1863."
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From a Barton history:
Mahlon Barton, Sr., married Anna James in 1826 and they had 12
children. Of their sons, M. Morgan, was a Civil War veteran and a church
worker; another son, James, was a Civil War veteran and a church worker
and lived where his grandson, Marvin, now lives, that house being one of
the old ones still in use.
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158th PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles
Organization
* Organized at Chambersburg November 1, 1862, and ordered to Suffolk, Va.
* Attached to Spinola's Brigade, Division at Suffolk, 7th Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to December, 1862.
* 1st Brigade, 5th Division, 18th Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to May, 1863.
* District of the Pamlico, Dept. of North Carolina, to June, 1863.
* Spinola's Brigade, 7th Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to July, 1863.
* Harper's Ferry, W. Va., to August, 1863.
Service & Battles - 1862
* Duty at Suffolk, Va., till December 28, 1862.
Service & Battles - 1863
* Moved to New Berne, N. C., December 28-January 1, 1863, and duty there till June, 1863.
* Expedition from New Berne to Trenton, Pollocksville, Young's Cross Roads and Swansborough March 6-10.
* Expedition to relief of Little Washington, N. C, April 7-10.
* Blount's Creek April 9.
* Expedition to Swift Creek
* Village April 13-21.
* Big Swift Creek April 19.
* Ordered to Fortress Monroe, Va., June.
* Dix's Peninsula Campaign July 1-7.
* Moved to Harper's Ferry July 7-9, thence moved to Boonsboro, Md., and reported to Gen. Meade July 11.
* Pursuit of Lee July 11-24.
* Ordered to Harrisburg, Pa., August 3.
* Mustered out August 12, 1863.
Regimental Losses
* Regiment lost during service 45 by disease.
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James Barton's father was Mahlon Barton and his mother was Anna James Barton.
Contributed on 1/23/10
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