Bvt. Brig. Gen. William Brainerd Barton

1835 - 1891  (56 years)

• Name	William Brainerd Barton
  Title	Bvt. Brig. Gen.
  Born	1835	New Jersey, USA
  Gender	Male
  Military Information	1863
  	Civil War Veteran; 48th New York Voluntary Infantry Regiment, the "Continental Guard" - see http://battleofolustee.org/barton.html
  Military Information	20 Feb 1864	Olustee, Baker Co., Florida, USA   [1]
  	Commanded Barton's Brigade consisting of his own unit, the 48th New York Infantry, and the 47th New York and 115th New York Infantry Regiments.
  Information	13 Apr 1887	New York City, New York Co., New York, USA   [2]
  	attended the funeral of his friend John T. Raymond at the Little Church Around the Corner, New York City, NY.
  Died	13 Jun 1891	New York City, New York Co., New York, USA
  Buried	Woodbridge (First Presbyterian Churchyard), Middlesex Co., New Jersey, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I24088	Barton Database
  Last Modified	2 Nov 2011

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1835 - New Jersey, USA Military Information - Commanded Barton's Brigade consisting of his own unit, the 48th New York Infantry, and the 47th New York and 115th New York Infantry Regiments. - 20 Feb 1864 - Olustee, Baker Co., Florida, USA Information - attended the funeral of his friend John T. Raymond at the Little Church Around the Corner, New York City, NY. - 13 Apr 1887 - New York City, New York Co., New York, USA Died - 13 Jun 1891 - New York City, New York Co., New York, USA Buried - - Woodbridge (First Presbyterian Churchyard), Middlesex Co., New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  Col. William Brainerd Barton (1835-1891) Started his military service as a Captain and rose quickly to Colonel. The 48th NY Inf. was known as a real fighting regiment in which Col. Barton was wounded several times. He later led Barton's Brigade consisting of his old unit the 48th NY Regt. and the 47th and 115th NY Regiments. In March 1865 he was promoted to Brevet Brigadier General in recognition of his wartime services.

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary of 14 Jun 1891, Brooklyn Eagle, front page, "A Brave Soldier and a Good Business Man Gone to His Reward" Military Service: American Civil War (Union), 48th NY Inf.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3508] Wikipedia, (http://en.wikipedia.org/). [S3515] BROOKLYN EAGLE, pg. 6, 13 Apr 1887. [S3795] Find A Grave www.findagrave.com.