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Walter C. Dunton


Walter C. Dunton (November 29, 1830 -- April 23, 1890) was a Vermont attorney, businessman, politician, and judge. In addition to serving in the Vermont State Senate, Dunton was a Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from 1877 to 1879.

Walter Chipman Dunton was born in Bristol, Vermont on November 29, 1830. He was educated at Franklin Academy, and graduated from Middlebury College in 1857. After graduation, Dunton studied law with the firm of Dillingham and Durant of Waterbury, and then with Linsley and Prout of Rutland. He was admitted to the bar in 1858, moved to Manhattan, Kansas Territory, and established a practice in Riley County, Kansas. A Republican, Dunton served in the Territorial Legislature in 1861.

In 1862, Dunton enlisted for the American Civil War, was commissioned as a captain in the Union Army, and was appointed commander of Company F, 14th Vermont Infantry. Part of the 2nd Vermont Brigade, the 14th Vermont was a 10-month regiment, and was active from October 1862 to August 1863; it took part in the defense of Washington, DC, and played a key role in breaking up Pickett's Charge during the Battle of Gettysburg.


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