CIVIL WAR UNION INDIANA U. CARR ENGRAVED LITHO PICTURE c1865. October 31, 1931 - June 2, 1923. John Wesley Carr was born in Richland County, Ohio on the 31st of October, 1831.
Grew to manhood in Indiana where his parents moved when he was a small child. He was married to his life companion, Sarah Elizabeth Overholt on May 13, 1860. John Wesley Carr was a patriot.
He earned the right to wear the bronze button and the suit of blue. During the Civil War he enlisted with Co. I Indiana Infantry Volunteers (USCT) and saw service of 18 months when he was honorably discharged for cause growing out of a sunstroke which he sustained. He was a member of Phil Kerney Post No.
He did not transfer to the local post because of inability to take any active part. USCT = UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS. COLORED INFANTRY (USCT) SOLDIER J.
CARR LITHO PICTURE IN ITS ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR PERIOD FRAME TITLED WITH HIS IMAGE OF HIM ABOUT 34 YEARS OF AGE. DIMENSION OF ORIGINAL PERIOD OUTER FRAME AND GLASS. 9 1/2" x 11 1/2". APPROXIMATE DIMENSION OF THE LITHO PICTURE ITSELF. 4 1/2" x 6 1/4".THIS IS NOT A REPRODUCTION OR A COPY.