Wooden marker
name: label: associated person
content: Carville, Charles R.
notes: label: Description
content: Lieutenant Charles R. Carville was among the nearly five thousand Union men killed or wounded at the Battle of Port Hudson, Louisiana. He was only 18 years old when he enlisted in the 165th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment in 1862. This regiment was the 2nd Battalion Duryee Zouaves, a unit known for fierce fighting. Carville probably felt compelled, like many his age, to serve his country and take part in the great events that would define his generation.
label: Description
content: On May 27, 1863 the Battle of Port Hudson left nearly two thousand federals dead or wounded. Carville fought that day with the "soul and heart of a man and patriot," according to his obituary in a New York newspaper. The headboard marked the temporary spot where he was buried on the battlefield.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Eliza Winthrop Fiedler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.10625
label: catalog number
content: 10625
label: accession number
content: 46623
objectType: label: Object Name
content: headboard
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)