The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-12-06

siderable naval force, and not loreseeing the
treacherous aid Of the English IN building
private cruisers and IN blockade running, he
rendered his services for duty with the land
forces. Ia July, 1861, Lieut.. Carters profier
was accented. and be was ordered TO report N
person to the Secretary Of War for duty, and in
the following September he was appointed by
President Lincoln as Brigadier- General OF Vol
unteers. Meantime he had been vigorous Ia col
lecting andOrganiZiug the Tennessee loyalists
who had fed 10 our lines for protection, and his
efnrts had met with such success that four
regiments were mustered intothe United States
forces TO fight for the homes from which they
had been driven for their devotion to the Union.
These regiments were formed into what was
called the Tennessee Brigade, and the other
LOYAL Tennesseean of whom l write here was
assigned to its commend. As early as Oct. d,
1851. he was engaged with his brigade in the
defeat Of the rebels under Zollicoficr az Wild
Cat Ky, and in the following January was in
the battle at Mill Springs. In the mountains Of
eastern Kentucky, when ZollicoGer was killed.
In June. 1852, Gen. Carter and his Tennesseeans
helped capture Cumberland Gap, and in the fol-
lowing October and November he went into the
Upper Kanawha Valley, and drove the rebels
cut of that section. By this time it was found
thst Carriers troops were more valuable mount
ed than afo0t, and the regiments were turned
into cavalry, still under his command. In De-
tcLlts-A AClls dAltA atail41ENs lCDD GEll As4EloE
led an expedition through extreme southwest
en Virginia into East Tennessee to break the
Virginia and Tennessee Railway, and in sue
cessfully prosecuting that work thrashed the
rebels s0Bndly st H0lst0n River and at Jones'
vile. The rest OF 1868 was busy year for this
sailor General and his mounted men, and they
were engaged Ia numerous actions. In July
Of that year Gen. Carter was placed in COM
maud q the division Of esriiry thai led Burn
in
coGped up at Knoxville when Burnside was
besieEed BIZ the rebel Generals sam Jones and
LOngstreet. lie and his division bore an i'm
pOrtaut part ia tie operations of the siege, and
when il was over Gen. Garter was bTevetted
MajGr-Genersl. After that be WAS detailed as
Provost 9Iarshal-5eneIalo of the District of East
Tennessee, and performed that important but
thankless service well and ably. he was rest
less under the routine Of such duty. however,
and when the Twenty-third Corps to which he
really belonged, was transferred 10 the seacoast
% aid IN tightening the coils around the forces
Of Lee and joe Johnston, he was relieved in
January. 1855, at his urgent request, and was
ordered 10 join Gen. Schofeld on the North
Carolina coast, where he was giye1 command
of aii--55si,,rr OF the corps at the battle Of
Kingston, March 10. 1855, be comn22l.-4.z5si the
left IS ~ ssh5n Bragg was SO badly defeated.
and he commanded the force in the four days
fighting at Goldsboro, 4. c., when the rebels
were defeated and driven out Of their position
there. Ii july 1865 Gen. Carter sacceeded
Gen. Schoield (the present GeneTal-in. Chief of
the army IN command O. the Twenty third
Corps, aud retained the command until the
treops were asEstered out. In January, 1866, he
was mustered out Of the volunteer service along
with some tive hundred general officers, and,
after Weli-eaTHed leave Of absence, returned
TO his duties in the Navy, in which he had
meantime been promoted TO Lieutenant Com
manGer July 16, 1862. and Commander July %
1865. In resuming his Navy service he took a
much higher place on the list than he would
have attained by lineal promotion, for his emf.
nent services with the land forces were eventu.
ally rewarded by advancing him in numbers
His subsequent service before going on the re-
tired list was valuable bat uneveBtfUl. and ht
retired AugusC3, IS5l, when he reached 81 year
of age, with the rank Of Commodore though ht
WIS promoted on the retired list in MAY, 1882
70 the fnil grade OF Rear Admiral By his las
promotion he gained the right TO wear in hi
epauiets and sh0ulder-straps the twin star
that lie had earned and worn almost q
years before. The sail0r-soldier settled il
Washington for permanent residence when b.
left the active service, and is comfortably 10
Gated IN an elegant home at No. 1916 Connect
cut avenue, near the British Legation resi-
deBce.
another veteran Of both the Army and tn
Naval services is Prof. Henry IT. Lockwood
who Is on the retired list Of the Navy with tn