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J.M. Carter
submitted by Conley Wolterman
(Civil War Veteran)
J. M. Carter resided in Cedar Township, Section 20, Sac County. He was an ex-soldier of the
Civil War. He enlisted in the 14th Infantry Volunteer Company F. He saw much hard service and
was at the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, and Pleasant Hill. At the latter place, he was
wounded in the leg, and again under fire at Old Oaks, Louisiana and Yellow Bayou. He was
taken prisoner at Shiloh and was in the following prisons: Memphis Icehouse, Cahaba
warehouse, Mobile Cotton Sheds, and Macon, Ga., Fairground. From there he went to
Chattanooga, to Huntsville, to Nashville, and back to Cairo, Illinois, where he arrived July 2,
1862. On May 18, 1864, he was wounded between the shoulders by a piece of a shell, and was
confined to the hospital in Jefferson barracks for sometime. He was honorably discharged at
Keokuk, Ia., and returned home in 1865 to Van Buren County, Iowa. In 1883, he came to Sac
County and bought a farm of 240 acres.
He was born in Cedar Township of Van Buren County, Iowa, September 4, 1843, a son of
Samuel Carter and Rebecca (Watson) Carter. Their children were: J. M., Elizabeth E., Robert, N.
H., Nancy, Katie, J. H., and Annie M.
J. M. Carter was married at the age of 24 in Polk County, Iowa, to Mary A. Cross. She was born
in Delaware County, Ohio. Her parents were David H. Cross and Lydia Blaine. Their children
were: Barbara, Emma J., Clinton M., and Homer C. The subject of this biography was a member
of the G.A.R., William T. Sherman Post 284.
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