Marcus was a private in Company A, 118th Illinois Infantry, mustered in November 7, 1862, at Camp Butler in Illinois.
He died of disease at Island No. 10, Milliken's Bend, Louisiana. Like so many Civil War casualties, his burial location is unknown.
The family name was originally Allton; some descendants chose to use the alternative spelling of Alton. For Marcus, the spelling Alton appears on his marriage record, the 1860 census and his military service records.
One marriage license was issued in Knox County, Illinois, in 1846, no specific date. A second license was issued on December 1, 1847, in McDonough County, Illinois, to Marcus Alton and Phoebe Eveline Griffith.
He died of disease at Island No. 10, Milliken's Bend, Louisiana. Like so many Civil War casualties, his burial location is unknown.
The family name was originally Allton; some descendants chose to use the alternative spelling of Alton. For Marcus, the spelling Alton appears on his marriage record, the 1860 census and his military service records.
One marriage license was issued in Knox County, Illinois, in 1846, no specific date. A second license was issued on December 1, 1847, in McDonough County, Illinois, to Marcus Alton and Phoebe Eveline Griffith.
Marcus was a private in Company A, 118th Illinois Infantry, mustered in November 7, 1862, at Camp Butler in Illinois.
He died of disease at Island No. 10, Milliken's Bend, Louisiana. Like so many Civil War casualties, his burial location is unknown.
The family name was originally Allton; some descendants chose to use the alternative spelling of Alton. For Marcus, the spelling Alton appears on his marriage record, the 1860 census and his military service records.
One marriage license was issued in Knox County, Illinois, in 1846, no specific date. A second license was issued on December 1, 1847, in McDonough County, Illinois, to Marcus Alton and Phoebe Eveline Griffith.
He died of disease at Island No. 10, Milliken's Bend, Louisiana. Like so many Civil War casualties, his burial location is unknown.
The family name was originally Allton; some descendants chose to use the alternative spelling of Alton. For Marcus, the spelling Alton appears on his marriage record, the 1860 census and his military service records.
One marriage license was issued in Knox County, Illinois, in 1846, no specific date. A second license was issued on December 1, 1847, in McDonough County, Illinois, to Marcus Alton and Phoebe Eveline Griffith.
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