Horry Carter

In 1860 he was a 24 year old living with his sister Mary (Cook) and her children on her farm in Sabine Parish, LA. He enlisted at Camp Moore near Tangipahoa, LA on 28 May (or 8 June) 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company A of the 6th Louisiana Infantry.

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

He was in US Army General Hospital #1 in Frederick, MD to 18 September and afterward was a prisoner at Fort Delaware to 2 October, then sent to Aikens' Landing, VA for exchange. He was formally exchanged there on 10 November and was furloughed for 30 days from a Richmond, VA hospital on 11 November 1862.

He was captured near Fredericksburg, VA on 29 April 1863, sent to the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, DC, paroled there on 10 May, and exchanged on 3 June. He was wounded in action at Winchester, VA on 14 June. He was captured again, at Mine Run, VA on 4 May 1864 and a prisoner at Point Lookout, MD on 18 May. He was admitted to the camp hospital on 7 July with acute dysentery and died there on 24 July 1864.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3, indexed under Harry Carter. He's also on the Confederates In Frederick List.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860; he's also seen as Peter Horry Carter. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

c. 1836; Pike County, MS

07/24/1864; Point Lookout, MD; burial in Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery, Scotland, MD