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Confederate (CSV)

Private

John Matilda Barton

(1841 - 1887)

Home State: Texas

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 4th Texas Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted in Robertson County as a Private in Company C, 4th Texas Infantry on 15 July 1861.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was in hospitals in Richmond, VA until 15 October 1862, when he was furloughed. His right arm had been amputated and he did not return to duty.

After the War

By 1880 he was a guard and lived at the Milam County jail. He was postmaster of Cameron, TX at the time of his death in 1887.

References & notes

Service information from Davis 1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 via fold3. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census for 1860 and 1880. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He was one of 3 Barton brothers in Company C of the 4th Infantry. His brother Lem also lost his right arm at Sharpsburg. Francis Davis "Frank" Barton (1844-1900) was wounded at Gaines' Mill ('62) and Chickamauga, GA ('63).

He married Cassandra Emily "Cassie" Sneed (1845-1866) in 1864 and they had 1 or 2 children. He married again, Julia A Bass (1841-1899) in December 1869 and they had 5 or 6 more.

Birth

1841; Lowndes County, MS

Death

11/04/1887; Cameron, TX; burial in Sneed Cemetery, Milam County, TX

Notes

1 Davis, Rev. Nicholas A., The Campaign from Texas to Maryland, Houston: Telegraph Book and Job Establishment, 1863, pp. 152-153 [AotW citation 1704]

2 US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Record Group No. 109 (War Department Collection of Confederate Records), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927 [AotW citation 26626]

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