David B. Carrier (1842 - 1864)

Born 10 Aug 1842 in Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Died 6 Aug 1864 at age 21 in Andersonville Prison, Macon County, Georgia, United States

Biography

David Carrier Died in Military Service during the United States Civil War.

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David Carrier served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: July 24, 1862
Mustered out: Aug 06, 1864
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 16th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

David Carrier was a Prisoner of War during the United States Civil War.

David Carrier was Wounded in Action during the United States Civil War.

David B. Carrier was born on 10 Aug 1842^[1] and baptized on 3 Nov 1843 at South Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut.^[2] He was the son of Isaac Carrier and Laura Webster.

On 24 July 1862, while living in Suffield, David enlisted in the 16th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers in the American Civil War and served in Company D. He was wounded on 17 Sept 1862 at Antietam. He was later captured at Plymouth, North Carolina, on 20 April 1864 and was sent to Andersonville Prison, Georgia, where he died on 6 Aug 1864.^[3][4][5] He is buried at the Andersonville National Cemetery.

The Andersonville Prisoner of War database shows the following: "Company: D; Regiment: 16; State: CT; Arm of Service: INFANTRY; Death Date: 6 Aug 1864; Cause of Death: DIARRHEA C.; Remarks: D. B. CARRIER [2][3]; Reference: p 1 [3]; p 55 [14]; p 626 [45]; Location of Capture: PLYMOUTH, NC; Date of Capture: 20 Apr 1864; Page: 147; More Information: NO; Code: 14848; Grave: 4848."^[6]

A Rootsweb entry adds the following: "Wounded at Antietam September 17, 1862. captured at Plymouth, N C April 20, 1864.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ George Steven May. Some descendants of Thomas Carrier of Andover and Billerica, Massachusetts, who died in Colchester, Connecticut, May 16, 1735 : and his wife, Marth (Allen) Carrier. [S.l. : s.n.], 1978. CarrierGenealogy.com Page 37
2. ↑ Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: 2013. Original data: Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Volume 039, Glastonbury, Page 7, citing Vol. 2, Page 51
3. ↑ Connecticut. Adjutant-general's office. Catalogue of Connecticut volunteer organizations. Hartford: Brown & Gross, 1869. Open Library Page 650
4. ↑ Connecticut. Andersonville Monument Commission. Dedication of the monument at Andersonville, Georgia, October 23, 1907: in memory of the men of Connecticut who suffered in southern military prisons, 1861-1865. The State, 1908. GoogleBooks page 53
5. ↑ "Georgia, Andersonville Prison Records, 1862-1865," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-31548-16303-39?cc=2019835 : accessed 22 October 2015), Deaths and burials > vol 42 1/2 Prisoner burials 1864 Feb-1865 Apr, no 1-12852 > image 87 of 235; citing NARA microfilm publication M1303 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ Andersonville Prisoners of War [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Andersonville, Georgia. Andersonville Prisoner of War Database. Andersonville, GA, USA: National Park Service, Andersonville National Historic Site.
7. ↑ Carrier