Dalton Family Papers, 1839-1904

Smallwood Jefferson Dalton (b. ca. 1813) was a farmer from Grove Station, Greenville District, South Carolina. Three sons of Dalton and his wife, Rebecca Eskew Dalton (b. ca. 1811), served in the Confederate Army. William McCrager Dalton (b. ca. 1836) enlisted in Co. I, 3rd South Carolina Infantry in July 1862 and died of typhoid fever on January 7, 1863. Amos Harrison Dalton (b. ca. 1842) enlisted in Co. F, Infantry Regiment, Hampton Legion on September 4, 1861. He was captured at Chattanooga on October 29, 1863 and died of chronic diarrhea at Camp Morton, Indiana on March 23, 1864. Lewis Rector Dalton (b. ca. 1845) enlisted in Co. F, Infantry Regiment, Hampton’s Legion on April 1, 1864. L. R. Dalton survived the war and by 1870 was residing in neighboring Pickens County.

Archive: 
South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina

Letters

Displaying 26 - 32 of 32
ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
10830 Dalton26 July 13, 1862 Amos Harrison Dalton Smallwood Jefferson Dalton , Rebecca Eskew Dalton Richmond, Richmond County, VA Greenville County, SC
10831 Dalton27 July 21, 1862 Amos Harrison Dalton Smallwood Jefferson Dalton , Rebecca Eskew Dalton , Elizabeth Dalton Richmond, Richmond County, VA Greenville County, SC
10832 Dalton28 July 30, 1862 William McCrager Dalton Smallwood Jefferson Dalton Richland County, SC Greenville County, SC
10833 Dalton29 August 22, 1862 William McCrager Dalton Smallwood Jefferson Dalton Hanover County, VA Greenville County, SC
10834 Dalton30 August 28, 1862 William McCrager Dalton Smallwood Jefferson Dalton Richmond, Richmond County, VA Greenville County, SC
10835 Dalton31 September 18, 1862 Amos Harrison Dalton Smallwood Jefferson Dalton , Rebecca Eskew Dalton Greenville County, SC
10836 Dalton32 December 1, 1862 Amos Harrison Dalton Rebecca Eskew Dalton Fredericksburg, VA Greenville County, SC

Get in touch

  • Department of History
    220 LeConte Hall, Baldwin Street
    University of Georgia
    Athens, GA 30602-1602
  • 706-542-2053
  • admin@ehistory.org

eHistory was founded at the University of Georgia in 2011 by historians Claudio Saunt and Stephen Berry

Learn More about eHistory