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Federal (USA)

Sergeant

David W. Carr

(c. 1833 - ?)

Home State: New Jersey

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 12th United States Infantry, Second Battalion

Before Antietam

A 29 year old printer, he enlisted in New York City as a Private in Company B, 2nd Battalion, 12th US Infantry on 12 May 1862.

On the Campaign

He was with his Company at Antietam on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was a Sergeant by 19 February 1863 when he was appointed 2nd Lieutenant. He was promoted to First Lieutenant on 6 June 1863 but resigned his commission on 8 (or 28) October 1863.

References & notes

His service from the Register,1 Heitman,2 and Henry.3

Birth

c. 1833; Newark, NJ

Notes

1 US Army, Registers of Enlistments in the United States Army, 1798-1914, Washington, DC: National Archives, 1956, Vol. 141, pg. 163 [AotW citation 29191]

2 Heitman, Francis Bernard, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army 1789-1903, 2 volumes, Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1903, Vol. 1, pg. 285 [AotW citation 29192]

3 Henry, Guy Vernor, Military Record of Civilian Appointments in the United States Army, 2 Volumes, New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1873, Vol. 1, pg. 271 [AotW citation 29193]

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