Eugene Asa Carr

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Eugene Asa Carr
March 20, 1930(1930-03-20) – December 2, 1910 (aged 80)

Eugene Asa Carr
Place of birth Hamburg, New York
Place of death Washington, D.C.
Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch United States Army
Years of service c. 1846 – 1893
Rank Brevet Major General
Commands held 3rd Illinois Cavalry
Battles/wars American Civil War
*Battle of Pea Ridge
*Siege of Vicksburg
*Battle of Fort Blakely
Indian Wars
*Battle of Summit Springs
*Battle of Cibeque
Awards Medal of Honor

Eugene Asa Carr (March 20, 1830 – December 2, 1910) was a soldier in the United States Army and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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[edit] Biography

Carr graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1850, entered the mounted rifles, and served in the Indian Wars until 1861, when he received command of the 3rd Illinois Cavalry.

During the Civil War, he saw much service in the Southwest and led an assault at Port Gibson in the Vicksburg campaign in 1863. Carr was awarded a Medal of Honor for his actions at Battle of Pea Ridge in Arkansas, on March 7, 1862. According to the official citation, Carr had "directed the deployment of his command and held his ground, under a brisk fire of shot and shell in which he was several times wounded."[1] Carr rose in rank throughout the war and, by its end in 1865, he was brevetted major general of volunteers.

Subsequently, he conducted successful operations on the frontier against the Indians, winning a significant battle at Summit Springs and became colonel in the regular service in 1879, and brigadier general in 1892, a rank which he held at the time of his retirement in 1893. His military nickname was "The Black-Bearded Cossack"[2]

He is buried in the West Point Cemetery, New York.

[edit] Medal of Honor citation

Rank and organization: Colonel, 3d Illinois Cavalry. Place and date: At Pea Ridge, Ark., 7 March 1862. Entered service at: Hamburg, Erie County, N.Y. Born: 10 March 1830, Boston Corner, Erie County, N.Y. Date of issue: 16 January 1894.

Citation:

Directed the deployment of his command and held his ground, under a brisk fire of shot and shell in which he was several times wounded.

[edit] See also

United States Army Portal
American Civil War Portal

[edit] References

  1. ^ Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients - (A-L). United States Army Center of Military History. Retrieved on 2006-07-13.
  2. ^ The Handbook of Texas Onlineat http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/CC/fcadd_print.html

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