ALVIN JUNE BARTON – 142nd INFANTRYSPENT MOST OF HIS MILITARY CAREER IN NORTH CAROLINA - Alvin June Barton got a town bounty of $900 to enlist in the 142nd Infantry on September 1, 1864, in Horicon in Warren County, but his Muster Roll Abstract says he enlisted in Plattsburgh. He left his wife, Olive Jane Pratt, at home and was assigned as a private to Company C to serve for one year. Ninety-three others also enlisted in Plattsburgh that August and September.The regiment had been in existence since September 1862, and by the time the war ended, over 1,500 men had cycled through.In 1863, the 142nd suffered no casualties at the Siege of Suffolk in Virginia and later in the year, when they were on the coast of South Carolina.Before the end of September when Alvin got to Virginia, there were 222 casualties in the ranks, mostly in the operations before Petersburg.Alvin arrived in time for the 3-day battle at Chaffin’s Farm where they had 67 casualties and at the endof the month, he was in the engagement at Darbytown Road, with a total of 103 casualties – 21 dead or mortally wounded, 79 wounded and 3 who went missing or were captured.Later in the year, the regiment was sent back to Fort Fisher in North Carolina, and immediately received 25 casualties on Christmas Day – 3 killed and 17 injured.January 1865 found them still in place at Fort Fisher. The January 15th engagement garnered them79 more casualties – 18 killed and 61 wounded. These were the last casualties the regiment suffered, although they were to be in 4 more battles in North Carolina. They ended their war with General Sherman at the Bennett farm where General Johnston surrendered on April 26th. The regiment was mustered out on June 7, 1865, at Raleigh, NC.Alvin returned home to farming and his wife and extended family, including his parents Alvin Barton and Betsy Cole. Alvin and Jane, as she was known, eventually had 7 children. His Invalid Pension was issued in 1879 and he received it for 26 years until he died on February 6, 1905. Jane applied for a Widow’s Pension in March of the same year and received it until 1917. They are both buried in the Brant Lake Cemetery in Brant Lake, Warren County, NY.Pictures from the couple's marriage certificate - shared by nboyheart in Ancestry.
