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==Birth==
Alton Craft was born in Coeymans, Albany Co., NY in 1844, a son of Israel Craft and Sarah Utter

==Marriage & Children== 
He never married.  After his father's death, he provided a home for his mother.  They lived in Albany, NY

==Military Service==
{| style="color:black;background-color:#ccffff;" cellspacing="1" border="2"
|Residence at Enlistment:
|Westerlo<ref name="Town and City Registers">Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War</ref>
|-
|Place of Birth:
|Coeymans, NY<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Date of Birth:
|1847<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Names of Parents:
|Israel (Craft) and Sarah A. Utter<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Marital Status:
|Single<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Occupation:
|Laborer<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Term of Enlistment:
|3 years<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Bounty Received:
|$50.00<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Enlistment Date:
|12 Dec 1863
|-
|Enlistment Place:
|Coeymans<ref name="Ancestry">Ancestry Military Databases</ref> 
|-
|Enlistment Rank:
|Private
|-
|State Served:
|New York
|-
|Regiment:
||'''[[h:7th Regiment|7th Regiment]]''' NY Heavy Artillery<ref name="Ancestry"/>
|-
|Company:
|Company B
|-
|Muster Out Date:
|1 Aug 1865
|-
|Muster Out Place:
|Baltimore, MD
|-
|}
{| style="color:black;background-color:#ccffff;" cellspacing="1" border="2"
|Additional Remarks:  Enlisted at the age of 20. <ref name="Ancestry"/> "Was in the following Battles Tolopotoma Creek([[Topotomoy Creek]]) June 1st 1864 Coal Harber([[h:Cold Harbor|Cold Harbor]]) June 8/64 [[h:Petersburg|Petersburg]] June 16/64  [[Deep Bottom]] July 26 & 27.1864 [[Reams Station]] Aug 25./64 Still Living Discharged Aug 1st 1865  Post Office Address Westerlo Albany Co N.Y."<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Sources Used: 1850, 1860 census Coeymans, Albany Co., NY;  Ancestry.com, American Civil War Soldiers; Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War
|}

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