CARTER, Samuel Powhatan

Affiliation:  Union

Born: August 6 1819, Elizabethton TN

Died: May 26 1891, Washington DC

Pre-War Profession: Midshipman, graduated US Naval Academy 1846, naval service

War Service: July 1861 transferred to the War Department, May 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, served in Kentucky and Tennessee, Burnside's campaign in East Tennessee, commanded the cavalry division of XXIII Corps at Knoxville, commanded 3rd Divn/XXIII Corps in Carolinas campaign.

Post War: US Navy service, retired 1881.