Obed William Carr

A college tutor, in March 1862 he organized and was first Captain of Company G, 46th North Carolina Infantry.

He was present at Harpers Ferry and Sharpsburg on the Maryland Campaign. He noted that all his officers were disabled and only 16 of the 48 men of his Company who were at Sharpsburg were present for duty after the battle.

He was on furlough for illness from October 1862 - January 1863, afterward on duty in North Carolina and Richmond, VA. He resigned his commission for reasons of health in December 1863 and returned to teaching.

He was on the faculty of Trinity College until 1878, when he went into the insurance business in Greensboro. He was elected to a term in the State Senate in 1881, and later President of the Randleman Manufacturing Company.

Biographical information and his presence on the Maryland Campaign from the Military History1. His photograph from one in Clark2. A copy of his journal (1855-78) is among a collection of his papers in the Duke University library.

03/12/1833; Duplin County, NC

08/20/1905; burial in Trinity Cemetery, Trinity, Randolph County, NC