Carter is listed as a teacher in Mecklenburg County, VA in the R-MC Catalogs in the late 1850s. He enlisted as a private in Co. A of the 3rd VA Cavalry, the Boydton Cavalry, on June 28, 1861. He was captured on July 10, 1862 and exchanged on august 5, 1862 at Aiken's Landing, VA.
After the war, he returned to Mecklenburg County, VA and served as agent for his father, a farmer, and later was a farmer himself. He applied for a pension in 1902. Carter died on August 10, 1920 and is buried in the Boydton Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Boydton, VA.
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