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General Carr
Monument located at
Vicksburg
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Name CARR, Eugene Asa
Born March 20 1830, Concord NY
Died December 2 1910, Washington DC
Pre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1850, frontier duty.
War Service August 1861 Capt. in 4th US Cavalry, Wilson's Creek, August 1861 Col. of 3rd Illinois Cavalry, commanded a brigade of
cavalry at Pea Ridge (w) - Medal of Honor, March 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 14th Divn/XIII Corps in
Vicksburg campaign, commanded 1st Cavalry Divn/VII Corps in Arkansas.
Post War Career Army service as an Indian fighter, retired 1893, interested in National Geographic Society.
Notes
Further reading
King, James T War Eagle; a life of General Eugene A. Carr Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press, 1963.
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