David Harrison Walton

(1830 - 1876)
Home State: Virginia
Command Billet: Company Officer
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 33rd Virginia Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
Before the War he had attended Washington College, Dickinson, studied law at Lexington, Va, and was made Captain, Company K, 33rd Virginia Infantry as that unit was organized in July 1861. He was reduced to the ranks (demoted) in June 1862, and was wounded in action at Cedar Run and 2nd Manassas in August. By Sharpsburg he was again commissioned, as Lieutenant. 1

The remainder of the War:
He was wounded in action in October 1864, probably at Cedar Creek.1

After the War:
He practiced law, probably in his hometown of Woodstock.1

References, Sources, and other notes:
Additional biographical data from Dickinson2 and burial data from GenWeb3

Birth Date: 10/21/1830    Place of Birth: Shenandoah County, VA
College: Dickinson College    Graduating Year: 1854
Death Date: 7/7/1876    Death Place: Woodstock, VA    Burial Place: Massanutten Cemetery, Woodstock, VA

Notes

1 Reidenbaugh, Lowell, 33rd Virginia Infantry, Lynchburg (Va): H. E. Howard. Inc, 1987, roster listing [AotW citation 306]

2 Reed, George Leffingwell, Alumni record, Dickinson College, Carlisle (PA): Dickinson College, 1905, Class of 1854 [AotW citation 307]

3 Silvus, Don, and Shenandoah County VA GenWeb, Shenandoah County, Virginia Alphabetical Cemetery Listings, Published 2002, first accessed 16 November 2005, <http://www.rootsweb.com/~vashenan/cems2k2.html>, Source page: /cem2/wcem01alpha.html [AotW citation 308]

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