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on his removal to New Jersey, 1 Ap. 1863; was mustered into the United States service, 28 May 1862, for three months, and discharged 5 Sept. 1862, with the regiment. The latter was called into active service by special order of the President; was sent, by way of Baltimore, to Bolivar Heights, and there placed on picket duty; and finally removed to Harper's Ferry, to aid in resisting the raid of Stonewall Jackson, in the Shenandoah Valley. At the request of the President, this regiment remained a week after its term of service had ended, on account of Lee's invasion of Maryland.
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III. Charles William Walton, b. in Norwalk, Conn., 19 June 1843; an insurance clerk; married, 8 June 1868, at the residence of her parents, 72 South 2d Street, Brooklyn, N. Y., by Rev. Alfred H. Partridge, rector of Christ Church, Brooklyn, assisted by Rev. Legh R. Dickinson, rector of Christ Church, Ridgewood, N. J., to Anna Eliza Beck, who was born at 109 Monroe Street, New York, 28 March 1846, dau. of Peter Stephen and Eliza (Clark) Beck. They settled in Brooklyn, and were living there in June 1877. He was then a clerk in the office of the Sun Mutual Insurance Company, 1 Nassau Street, New York.
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He enlisted, 19 Sept. 1861, in Co. B, 51st Reg., N. Y. S. Vols.; and was promoted, second lieutenant, 29 Sept. 1862, on the recommendation of the officers of his regiment. He took part in the battles of Roanoke, and Newbern, N. C., Sulphur Springs, Bull Run, and Chantilly, Va., South Mountain, and Antietam, Md.-in the last of which he was severely wounded in the head. As soon as strong enough, he was sent to Frederick City, thence to Washington, and, after a few days, was allowed to go home, in care of his brother Edward, Before his wound was healed, he rejoined his regiment (making special efforts to do so, as a battle was expected) just in time to participate in the battle of Fredericksburgh, in which he was unhurt, though five bullets went through his clothes, and by the wounding of his captain, he was left in command of the company. At the request of his colonel, Gov. Seymour sent him a commission, with rank from 14 March 1863, as first lieutenant in the 51st Regiment, for bravery displayed on the battle-field of Fredericksburgh. He was then in his twentieth year, and the youngest officer in the whole Corps. In the Spring of 1863, the 9th Corps were in Kentucky; and by a special order he was assigned duty on the staff of Gen. Potter, who commanded the Second Division of the Corps, which was then sent to assist in the siege of Vicksburg. On the night after the surrender, Gen. Sherman was sent with three Corps, including the 9th, to follow the remnant of the rebel army, who were fortifying Jackson, Miss.; and Lieut. Walton was, at the request of Gen. Parke, commanding the 9th Corps, temporarily assigned to his staff, and, during the remainder of the campaign, was entrusted with all verbal orders and messages passing between Gen. Sherman and the Corps commander. In October he returned to the staff of the Second Division,
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