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R Dalton,
T. J. (Thomas J.).
323 Record book, ca. 1863‑1865.
One folder,
photocopies and typescript.
This is a Civil War memoranda book of
Thomas J. Dalton, a resident of Mississippi
County, Missouri, and
non‑commissioned officer of Co. E, 8th Missouri Cavalry
(CSA). The miscellaneous entries
include a roster of Co. E, notes on arms and accouterments issued to the
company and matters of personal finance.
An indexed typescript is available.
Thomas J. Dalton of Charleston,
Missouri, enlisted as a corporal in the 8th
Missouri Cavalry (CSA), on 20 September 1862 in Mississippi County. He had had prior service in Gen. M. Jeff
Thompson’s 1st Division, Missouri State Guard.
Dalton’s
Co. E was attached to the battalion of Missouri Cavalry under Col. William E.
Jeffers through December 1862, when the battalion was re‑organized as
the 8th Missouri Cavalry. Dalton was promoted to
sergeant of Co. E on 24 December 1862.
He is listed on all the regimental records that exist for Co. E through
the end of the war. He was surrendered
at Shreveport, Louisiana, on 26 May 1865, and was paroled
on 7 June 1865.
Dalton’s record book consists of miscellaneous
combinations of personal memoranda and records pertaining to Co. E. There are many undated entries concerning
personal finance which may belong to the postwar period. There is a single entry dated 14 January 1863
at Dardanelle, Arkansas, but most of the entries
concerning military service are dated 1864 and 1865.
The original memoranda book was held by
the late Brig. Gen. O. T. Dalton, Jr.
The volume was loaned for copying to the Mississippi County Historical
Society in 1985. Members of the society
prepared a typescript and an index of the memoranda book.
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