Maj. Gen. Eugene A. Carr

Born: march 20, 1830

Hamburg, New York

Died: December 2, 1910

Washington D.C.

Carr, Eugene A. Maj. Gen.

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West Point: 1850

19th out of 44 cadets

Brevet Second Lt. 1850

Captain: June 11,1850

Colonel: August 16, 1861

Brig. Gen. of Volunteers: March 7, 1862

Brevet Maj. Gen.:March, 11, 1865

Colonel: 1879

Brig. Gen. 1892

West Point: Graduated 19th out of 40

Brevet 2nd Lieutenant: Regiment of Mounted Rifleman

Served in the Indian Wars till 1861

Oct 3, 1854: First combat against Apaches near the Sierra Diablo Mountains

June 11, 1858: Promoted to Captain in 1st US Cavalry, Later re-designated the 4th US

Command of Fort Washita in Indian Territory

Aug 16, 1861: Appointed Colonel of 3rd Illinois Cavalry

March 7, 1862: Battle of Pea Ridge, Wounded in the neck, arm, and ankle and was later awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor

April 11, 1862: Appointed Brigadier General of Volunteers

October 7 - November 12, 1862: Commander Army of the Southwest

Commanded 2nd Division of the Army of the Southeast until his army transferred to Army of the Tennessee as 14th Division in the XIII Corps

May 1, 1863: Battle of Port Gibson

After Vicksburg: Commander of Division in Army of Arkansas

Commander Cavalry Division in VII Corps during the Frederick Camden Expedition

Commander of 3rd Division of XVI Corps in preparation of Union Army against Mobile, AL

March 11, 1865: Pres. Lincoln nominates and Congressional approval for Brevet Maj. Gen. of Volunteers

July 17, 1866: Mustered out of the Volunteers

July 17, 1866: Pres. Johnson nominates Carr for Brevet Maj. Gen. in Regular Army, Senate confirmed on July 23, 1866

July 11, 1869: Battle of Summit Springs

Sept 9-10, 1876: Battle of Slim Buttes

1879: Colonel of 6th Cavarly

Aug 1881: Battle of Cibecue Creek

Sept 1, 1881: Battle of Fort Apache

Nov 26, 88 - Sept 1, 1890: Last Commander of District of New Mexico

1893: Retired US Army

Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, September 1967. p 127-128

Eugene Asa Carr. 21 March 2018. web. 19 November, 2018.

Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964. p 70-71