Carroll was a farmer in Warren County, NC when he enlisted as a private in Co. C of the 12th NC Infantry on May 4, 1861. He was promoted to sergeant on November 1, 1862. He applied to join the CS Signal Corps on October 31, 1862 and a letter supporting his application was written by the captain of his company, William S. Davis, R-MC Class of 1859. On November 14, 1863, he joined Milligan's Independent Signal Corps as a private. On August 2, 1864, he was detailed to serve on a blockade runner out of Wilmington, NC. By April 10, 1865, he was back with his unit.
After the war, he returned to farming in Warren County, NC, where he resided at least through 1880. At the time of his death in 1899, he was living in Vance County, NC, where he is buried in the Hawkins-Carroll Family Cemetery in Middleburg.
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