Simeon Taylor Walton

(1825 - 1863)
Home State: Virginia
Command Billet: Commanding Regiment
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 23rd Virginia Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
Trained as a physician, he enlisted in May 1861 as Lieutenant and was elected Captain of the Keysville Guards, which became Co. K of the 23rd Virginia Infantry. He was wounded in action at Kernstown (Va) in March 1862, and elected Major of the Regiment in the Army reorganization of April that year. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in August.1

In the Antietam Campaign:
He was in command of the Regiment on the Maryland campaign. He and his men were with Jackson in the capture of Harpers Ferry on 13 September, and arrived at Sharpsburg on the 16th. Walton was wounded in action on the 17th.1

The remainder of the War:
He remained in command of the Regiment, including service at Chancellorsville 2 and Gettysburg in 1863. He was killed in action at Payne's Farm (Va), on the Mine Run Campaign, November 27, 1863 at about 38 years of age.3

References, Sources, and other notes:
Thanks to David Spearman for his research and Robert C. Moss, webmaster, both of the modern 23rd Virginia, for the making the history of the Regiment available on their excellent website.

Birth State: VA
Death Date: 11/27/1863 Death Place: Payne's Farm, VA Burial Place: Ash Camp Memorial Cemetery, Keysville,VA

Notes

1 Rankin, Thomas M., 23rd Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg: H.E. Howard, Inc., 1985, rosters [AotW citation 27]

2 Chancellorsville Report for LCol Simeon T Walton, 23rd Virginia Infantry
US War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (OR), 128 vols., Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1880-1901, Vol. 25/Part 1 (Ser #39), pgs. 1036-1037 [AotW citation 25]

3 Gen Lee Report on Mine Run campaign of Nov 1863: deaths of LCol Simeon T Walton, 23rd Virginia Infantry and Col Raleigh Colston, 2nd Virginia Infantry
US War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (OR), 128 vols., Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1880-1901, Vol. 29/Part 1 (Ser #48), p. 828 [AotW citation 26]

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