Clarence M. Carter

A 19 year old farmer, he enlisted at Jefferson, NC on 27 August 1861 and mustered on 20 November as a Private in Company K, 35th North Carolina Infantry. He was injured in a railroad accident on 1 May 1862 at Weldon, VA.

He was sent to a hospital in Frederick, MD by 12 September, left behind, and captured there.

He was in US Army General Hospital #1 in Frederick, MD to 19 September and afterward was a prisoner at Fort Delaware to 2 October, then sent to Aikens' Landing, VA for exchange. He was in a Richmond, VA hospital by 16 October, transferred to the parole camp on 18 October, and formally exchanged to return to duty on 10 November 1862.

He was in a Richmond hospital from 25 November to 17 January 1863, then back with his company. He was wounded "severely" by a gunshot to his right foot in action at Chancellorsville, VA on 3 May 1863 and afterward absent in hospitals and on furlough "unfit for duty" to at least December 1863. He was listed as absent without leave in March 1864 but returned to duty in May. He was back in a hospital from August into October due to his Chancellorsville wound and again listed absent without leave in December 1864.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. He's also on the Confederates in Frederick List.2 Personal details from family genealogists. His picture from a c. 1865 photograph shared to the FamilySearch database by Lauren Renee Champlin.

He married Isabella D Cook (1841-1917) in August 1865 and they had 4 children.

12/06/1842; Grayson County, VA

01/20/1876; Jefferson, NC