Major General Joseph Bradford Carr
1828 – 1895
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United States Volunteer Service.
Mustered in United States Service May 14, 1861.
Commissions.
Colonel Second New York Volunteers, May 10, 1861.
Brigadier General United States Volunteers, Sept. 7, 1862.
Major General United States Volunteers, August 24, 1865.
Mustered out August 29, 1865.
New York State Service.
Commissions.
Second Lieutenant Twenty-fourth Regiment, August 4, 1851.
First Lieutenant Twenty-fourth Regiment, June 3, 1854.
Captain Twenty-fourth Regiment, September 15, 1854.
Major Twenty-fourth Regiment, August 4, 1858.
Colonel Twenty-fourth Regiment, June 4, 1860.
Major General, January 23, 1867, until August 5, 1886.
Secretary of State of the State of New York for three successive terms from 1880 to 1886.
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Services in United States Volunteer Army.
Army of the Potomac.
Department of Virginia.
Army of the James.
Commanded all of the troops on the James River
from Fortress Monroe to City Point.
Engagements.
Big Bethel.
Fair Oaks.
Seven Pines.
Glendale.
Malvern Hill, First.
Seven Days’ Fight.
Malvern Hill, Second.
Bristow Station.
Second Bull Run.
Chantilly.
Fredericksburg, First.
Rappahannock Station.
Fredericksburg, Second.
Chancellorsville.
Gettysburg.
Wapping Heights.
Auburn’s Ford.
Kelly’s Ford.
Brandy Station.
Battle of the Orchards.
Mile Run.
Crater.
Siege of Petersburg.
Marker is on Oakwood Cemetery Road, on the left when traveling south.
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