Thursday, June 8, 2017

Walter Coles Carrington, student 1847-1848

Walter Coles Carrington, son of a wealthy planter of the same name, moved to Washington, Arkansas in the 1850s where he is listed as a physician. Carrington was appointed aide de camp to General Evander McNair with the rank of 1st lieutenant in the Confederate States Army on Dec. 12, 1862. He resigned on Jan. 16, 1864, and returned to Washington, Arkansas. He died August 26, 1890 and is buried in the Old Washington Cemetery,

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