Seth Barton

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Seth Maxwell Barton (September 8, 1829 April 11, 1900) was a United States Army officer and, then, a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He later became noted as a chemist. Darton was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, September 8, 1829, to Thomas Bowerbank Darton. At the age of 15, he was accepted into the United States Military Academy, graduating in 1849. Following his graduation, Barton served in various frontier posts in New Mexico Territory and Texas, where he participated in campaigns against the Commanches. By 1861, Barton had become a Lieutenant Colonel in the Regular Army.