Isaac Burton (bef. 1835 - 1863)

Died 29 Nov 1863 after age 28 in Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Pvt Isaac Burton served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 1862
Mustered out: Died while POW
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 1st Mississippi Partisan Rangers, Company I

Isaac was born about or before 1835. He joined the 1st Mississippi Cavalry in 1862. On Nov 3 1863 he was captured at Collierville, Tennessee. He was taken to the Alton Military Prison on Nov 12 and died there on Nov 29.

Sources

• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSCR-PZP : 4 December 2014), Isaac Burton, Private, Company , 1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry, Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M232 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 6; FHL microfilm 821,843.
• "United States Register of Confederates and Civilians Who Died in the North,1861-1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1W-Y62M : 16 March 2018), I Burton, 29 Nov 1863; citing Death, Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States, p. 5, NARA microfilm publication M918 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 1,024,456.
• Selected records of the War Department relating to Confederate prisoners of war, 1861-1865 [microform]. U.S. War Department. Published 1965. NARA publication M598 Roll 13, page 216
• http://www.americancivilwar101.com/units/csa-ms/ms-cav-01-reg-partisanrangers.html

Research Notes

1st Partisan Rangers Company I men were largely from Pontotoc and Tippah Counties. So it might be this Isaac: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LF-FBB : 12 April 2016), Isaac Burton in household of Peter Deal, Pontotoc county, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States; citing family 1229, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Though that would make him 45 years old at enlistment, and that's not common. There's a familysearch tree on him (LKK8-6PB married to Luarka) but I don't see sources that connect their Isaac to this Isaac.