My great grandfather was BARNETT M. MELTON, married to Patsy Chasteen (Sp ?) His daughter, Frances Melton, was my great grandmother and was married to Augustus Monroe Permenter.
I requested and received records from the National Archives regarding Barnett W. Melton, not Barnett M. It is interesting to note that they were both in the 11th GA and both were wounded at Deep Bottom. I have the records where B.W. was hit in the left arm and had it amputated. He applied for disability. My grandmother told me that her grandfather had been killed in the War and your note verifies that information.
I am just beginning to look for the Melton roots and I believe that they lived in GA or AL. I don't know where they lived or much of anything else except his name and the name of his wife, Patsy Chasteen.