Seth Maxwell Barton

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General Barton

Seth Maxwell Barton , (born September 8, 1829 in Fredericksburg , Virginia , † April 11, 1900 in Washington, DC ), was an officer in the US Army until 1861 and then Brigadier General of the Confederate Army in the Civil War .

Life

Barton graduated from the Military Academy at West Point , New York in 1849 as the 15th of his class. He served in various posts on the frontier and took part in the campaigns against the Comanches . By 1861 he reached the rank of lieutenant colonel . In the course of the secession of the southern states, he resigned from the US Army and became deputy commander of the 15th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. Under General Robert Edward Lee he took part from September 12-15, 1861 in the Battle of Cheat Mountain and on October 3, 1861 in the battle on the Greenbrier River . During Jackson's Shenandoah campaign in 1862 , he was the pioneer leader of Thomas Jonathan Jackson . In the same year he was promoted to brigadier general and was given command of a brigade in eastern Tennessee .

Later ordered to Vicksburg , he took part in the Battle of Vicksburg , which lasted from May 18 to July 4, in 1863 and was captured by Union troops . After his release, he went east to take over a brigade under Major General George Edward Pickett . Because of arbitrariness he was relieved and used in the defense of Richmond , Virginia. His new commander also accused him of arbitrariness and removed him from command. It was only after several months when officers who were friends filed a petition and confirmed Barton's courage and reliability that he was regained command of a brigade and was again used in the defense of Richmond. During the Appomattox campaign , he was to reinforce the Northern Virginia Army after the skirmishes on Sailor's Creek. During this action he was captured and detained at Fort Warren .

3 months after the war he was released after swearing in the Union and went to Fredericksburg, where he lived until his death. He became one of the most respected chemists of his day and died on a trip in Washington, DC

He is buried with five other officers in the Fredericksburg Confederate Cemetery in Fredericksburg. More than 3,300 soldiers of the Confederate States are buried here, 2,184 of them are buried as unknowns.

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SURNAME Barton, Seth Maxwell
BRIEF DESCRIPTION General of the Confederate Army in the American Civil War
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH Fredericksburg , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 1900
Place of death Washington, DC