Maj. Gen. Eugene A. Carr
Born: march 20, 1830
Hamburg, New York
Died: December 2, 1910
Washington D.C.
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 10, 1861: Battle at Wilson's Creek
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
Oct 1862 - July 1863: Vicksburg Campaign
May 1, 1863: Battle of Port Gibson
May 16, 1863: Battle of Champions Hill
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