John was born in North Carolina in 1837. He was the son of William Dalton and Mary Polly Jones. He worked as a merchant in Rockingham County, North Carolina. On 11 Mar 1862 John enlisted as Sergeant in the 45th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Co. D. He died from typhoid fever near Petersburg, Virginia in August 1862 at age 25.
Notes
Name: John S. Dalton
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: North Carolina
Regiment: 45th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
Company: D
Rank In: Sergeant
Rank Out: Sergeant
Film Number: M230 roll 10
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BJ-CQ3 : 12 April 2016), John F Dalton in household of William Dalton, Rockingham county, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States; citing family 837, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Year: 1860; Census Place: Northern Division, Rockingham, North Carolina; Roll: M653_912; Page: 224; Family History Library Film: 803912;Source Information;Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.( John S. age 23 in household of William Dalton)
National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data: National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online <https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/>, acquired 2007.
”North Carolina Civil War Obituaries, Regiments 1-46. edited by E.B. Munson, p. 207;https://books.google.com. Obituary from Greensborough Patriot Dec.11,1862.
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