Brig. Gen. Gilbert Saltonstall Carpenter, (USA)

Source:
Newspaper Name Index, USA and Canada
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Record:
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Gilbert Saltonstall Carpenter

Citation:
Evening Star. - 1904-08-13
Text: ... Una,136 n. ERIG. GEN. CARPENTER DEAD. He Served With Gallantry in Three Of Our Wars. A dispatch from New York says: Brig. Gen. Gilbert Saltonstall Carpenter, United States army, retired, died last night at his residence, 1t Lincoln street, Montclair, N. 3. .Enlisting in the Union army at the break.ing out of the civil war, General ...
Publication title: Evening star.
Publication place: Washington, District Of Columbia
Date: Aug 13 1904
Page 21

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Bibliographic information:

• Title Register of the Empire State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
• Publisher The Society, 1899
• Original from the New York Public Library
• Digitized Mar 10, 2008
• https://books.google.com/books?id=BsYWAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&...

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• The "Old Northwest" genealogical quarterly Volume 12
• by "Old Northwest" Genealogical Society
• Publication date 1909
• Publisher Columbus, Ohio : "Old Northwest" Genealogical Society
• Contributor Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
• Pages 400
• https://archive.org/details/oldnorthwestgene12oldn/page/34/mode/1up

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He enlisted in the Union Army as a 2nd Lieutenant and served with the 19th Ohio Infantry from April 22, 1861 to August 31, 1861. He transfered to the 18th Infantry on June 9, 1862. He was promoted on November 25, 1862 to 1st Lt. and served out the remainder of the Civil War. He decided to make the military his life's work and, after the war's end, was promoted to Captain of the 45th Infantry on January 22, 1867. He then transfered to the 14th Infantry on July 22, 1869. He recieved the promotion to Major of the 4th Infantry on March 1, 1894, then to Lt. Colonel of the 7th Infantry on July 7, 1897. He became Brigadier-General of the Ohio Volunteers on September 21, 1898 and was honorably discharged on May 12, 1899. He retired from the military officially on December 26, 1899. All total, he had spent 38-years in the military serving his country.

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NOTE On December 31, 1862, 1st Lt. Carpenter was decorated for gallant and meritorious service in the battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn. where he had been severely wounded but refused medical treatment and continued to lead his men.

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