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then commanded by Gen. Hartranft; and when, at his own request, 3 Jan. 1864, be was relieved from staff duty and ordered to report to the commanding officer of his regiment, in New York, Gen. Hartranft took occasion to compliment him as follows: "The General commanding acknowledges, with gratification, the valuable services of Lieut. Walton, while serving as Aide, and takes particular pleasure in mentioning his handsome behavior at the battle of Campbell's Station, and during the siege of Knoxville." After his regiment had recruited in New York, they rejoined the 9th Corps, in East Tennessee; and, finding that it had just been ordered east to join the Army of the Potomac, he returned to the rendezvous, at Annapolis, Md., where he received a commission as captain of his Company, with rank from 19 March 1864. After a forced march to Washington, thence to Alexandria, and Fairfax Court-House, they joined the Army of the Potomac the second time, the night before the Battle of the Wilderness. Col. Bliss, having just been placed in command of the Brigade, hearing of Capt. Walton's former experience as a staff-officer, sent for him as his senior Aide; and, for fifteen hours, he he was in the saddle, carrying orders and assisting in forming new lines during that long and bloody conflict.
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He remained on the staff for a few days, till relieved at his own request, that he might give his attention to his own Company. After this, he took part in the battles of Spottsylvania, 12 and 18 May 1864; South Anna, 27 May; Tallapotamy Creek, 3 June; and Cold Harbor, 7 June; after which came the flank movement across the James, and the march on Petersburg. He took part in a battle about a mile from that city, 17 June 1864; and on his twenty-first birthday, 19 June 1864, he, with forty picked men, under a severe fire from the Rebel sharp-shooters, marked out, and held a line, on the crest of a high hill leading to the front picket-line, which was soon developed into the well-known covered way, which at different times, during two months, served as a shelter for more than thirty thousand soldiers. He also took part, with the 9th Corps, in the charge on Cemetery Hill, after the great mine was sprung, 30 July 1864; and in the battle of Poplar Grove Church, 30 Sept. 1864, during the flank movement on Lee's army. The death of his brother led Capt. Walton to resign, and he was mustered out of service 6 Oct. 1864.
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This gentleman has shown a most kindly and intelligent interest in the progress of this work, and has contributed to it an admirably full and accurate account of his own family and his immediate relatives on the Whitney side.
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IV. Robert Murlis Walton, b. at 34 South 5th Street, Williamsburgh, N. Y., 5 July 1847; died at Ridgewood, N. J., 24 July 1864, and was buried in Valleau Cemetery, near Ridgewood.
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V. Thomas Truman Walton, b. at 34 South 5th Street, Williams-
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