MILITARY SERVICE OF THE KARRS
OF CARR'S COVE, UNION SPRINGS, NY,
IN AMERICA'S WARS SINCE 1713.
The War of 1812
James Carr (2nd Generation Carr) and three of his sons, Jonathan, Jacob, and Hartman, were veterans of the war of 1812, one of them having served on the Niagara frontier.
The Civil War
Five of Hartman Carr's (Third Generation) eight sons served in the Union Army during the Civil War, at Gettysburg, Fredricksburg, and several other key battles. The following five sons of Hartman and Ann Brock participated in the battle at Gettysburg.
Ashbell Carr - 3rd NY Artillery Regiment
Henry Clay Carr - 3rd NY Artillery Regiment (3rd Generation Carr)(23)
George Carr - 119th NY Infantry(24)
Jonathan Carr - Co A&B, 1st Regiment , 1st Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
Hartman Carr - USS Lancaster, Flagship of the Pacific Fleet(25)
On the second day of the battle, General Lee's Confederate forces pushed General Mead's Union forces back through the town of Gettysburg to the nearby heights known as Cemetery Hill and Cemetery Ridge. On the morning of the third day, the two armies were at their maximum strength and faced each other along a three-mile front.
Ashbell Carr's battery was at the north end of the union Line atop Cemetery Ridge, about a hundred yards north-west of Mead's Headquarters. Jonathan Carr's Cavalry Regiment was a quarter mile south of Mead's headquarters. After several hours of heavy Confederate shelling of the Union positions at the north end of the Union line, the famous confederate advance known as "Picket's Charge," began towards the center of the Union line where Henry Clay and Hartman Carr's field artillery were stationed. It is almost certain that their battery spent that afternoon firing directly into the 12,000 confederates in the open fields before them, opening huge gaps in their lines as they crossed the open fields. Some of Picket's troops actually broke though the Union lines only to be mown down with canister charges. Exhausted the remnants of the Confederates withdrew. Henry Clay's cemetery tombstone in Union Springs proudly declares that he was also a "Musician" with the 3rd NY Light Artillery.(26)
George Carr's 119th NY infantry was at the south end of the Union line just below Little Round Top. The south end of the Union line had 11 Regiments of about 3000 men in what was then known as the 'Wheatfield." Just east of the Wheatfield was George Carr's Regiment, one of 16 dug in at the "Devils Den." Persistent attacks by General Longstreet's Corps headed by General Hood's Division, relentlessly pressed its attack, trying to outflank the Union line. Driving entrenched Union troops from the Wheatfield and Devil's Den, Union survivors fell back to Little Round Top.
Towards sunset Hood's confederates, trying to outflank the Union line, continued to press their attack around the south flank of Little Round Top where close fighting and heavy casualties on both sides eventually resulted in Hood's decision to withdraw. George Carr was among the remnants of some forty exhausted Union regiments as the day ended. George's unit started the day with 300 men, and by sunset 140 of them were dead, wounded or missing.(27) That evening, General Lee, realizing the extent of his losses, withdrew towards Virginia and days later Lincoln toured the battlefield before making the 'Gettysburg Address.' Other Carrs who served at Gettysburg in the Union Army are shown below with their Regiments. Their genealogical ties to the Carrs of Carr's Cove is unknown and needs to be investigated.
Ashbell Carr - 3rd NY Artillery Regiment
Henry Clay Carr - 3rd NY Artillery Regiment (3rd Generation Carr)(23)
George Carr - 119th NY Infantry(24)
Jonathan Carr - Co A&B, 1st Regiment , 1st Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
Hartman Carr - USS Lancaster, Flagship of the Pacific Fleet(25)
On the second day of the battle, General Lee's Confederate forces pushed General Mead's Union forces back through the town of Gettysburg to the nearby heights known as Cemetery Hill and Cemetery Ridge. On the morning of the third day, the two armies were at their maximum strength and faced each other along a three-mile front.
Ashbell Carr's battery was at the north end of the union Line atop Cemetery Ridge, about a hundred yards north-west of Mead's Headquarters. Jonathan Carr's Cavalry Regiment was a quarter mile south of Mead's headquarters. After several hours of heavy Confederate shelling of the Union positions at the north end of the Union line, the famous confederate advance known as "Picket's Charge," began towards the center of the Union line where Henry Clay and Hartman Carr's field artillery were stationed. It is almost certain that their battery spent that afternoon firing directly into the 12,000 confederates in the open fields before them, opening huge gaps in their lines as they crossed the open fields. Some of Picket's troops actually broke though the Union lines only to be mown down with canister charges. Exhausted the remnants of the Confederates withdrew. Henry Clay's cemetery tombstone in Union Springs proudly declares that he was also a "Musician" with the 3rd NY Light Artillery.(26)
George Carr's 119th NY infantry was at the south end of the Union line just below Little Round Top. The south end of the Union line had 11 Regiments of about 3000 men in what was then known as the 'Wheatfield." Just east of the Wheatfield was George Carr's Regiment, one of 16 dug in at the "Devils Den." Persistent attacks by General Longstreet's Corps headed by General Hood's Division, relentlessly pressed its attack, trying to outflank the Union line. Driving entrenched Union troops from the Wheatfield and Devil's Den, Union survivors fell back to Little Round Top.
Towards sunset Hood's confederates, trying to outflank the Union line, continued to press their attack around the south flank of Little Round Top where close fighting and heavy casualties on both sides eventually resulted in Hood's decision to withdraw. George Carr was among the remnants of some forty exhausted Union regiments as the day ended. George's unit started the day with 300 men, and by sunset 140 of them were dead, wounded or missing.(27) That evening, General Lee, realizing the extent of his losses, withdrew towards Virginia and days later Lincoln toured the battlefield before making the 'Gettysburg Address.' Other Carrs who served at Gettysburg in the Union Army are shown below with their Regiments. Their genealogical ties to the Carrs of Carr's Cove is unknown and needs to be investigated.
Other Carrs who Served at Gettysburg
and are listed on the Union Army's service rolls for this battle
and are listed on the Union Army's service rolls for this battle
State Regiment(28)
Maryland 1st Infantry
11th Infantry
16th Infantry
Massachusetts 1st Cavalry
11th Infantry
16th Infantry
New Hampshire 12th Infantry
New Jersey 11th Infantry
Pennsylvania 26th Infantry
Maryland 1st Infantry
11th Infantry
16th Infantry
Massachusetts 1st Cavalry
11th Infantry
16th Infantry
New Hampshire 12th Infantry
New Jersey 11th Infantry
Pennsylvania 26th Infantry
The Spanish-American War
Hartman Carr (5th Generation Carr and husband of Leona), served in the Spanish American war in Cuba.