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Rh ical compositions were published, and finally col- lected in one volume (1849). Besides his poems he left several works, among them " La Tierra San- ta," " Medicina Domestica," and some translations from Latin and French medical books.

CARPMAEL, Charles, Canadian meteorologist, b. at Streatham Hill, Surrey, England, 19 Sept., 1846. He was educated at Clapham grammar- school, and St. John's college, Cambridge, of which institution he was elected a fellow in November, 1870. In December of that year Mr. Carpmael, whose studies had peculiarly fitted him for such a service, was a member of the British " Eclipse " ex- pedition to Spain. In October, 1872, he was ap- pointed deputy superintendent of the meteoro- logical service of Canada, and director of the magnetic observatory and superintendent of the meteorological service in February, 1880. He is attached to the observatory at Toronto.

CARR, Dabney, patriot, b. in Virginia in 1744; d. in Charlottesville, Va., 16 May, 1773. He moved and eloquently advocated a resolution to appoint inter-colonial committees of correspondence in re- sistance to British encroachments, which was adopt- ed on 3 March, 1773. He married a sister of Thomas Jefferson. — His son, Dabney, b. in April, 1773; d. in Richmond, Va., 8 Jan., 1837, practised law, was chancellor of Winchester district from 1811 till 1824, and judge of the court of appeals from 1824 till 1837. — Another son, Samuel, commanded the U. S. cavalry at Norfolk in 1812-'5. — His grand- son, Dabney S., b. in Baltimore, Md., in 1803 ; d. in Charlottesville, Va., 24 March, 1854, was for several years naval officer at Baltimore, and U. S. minister to Turkey from 1843 till 1849.

CARR, Eugene Asa, soldier, b. in Erie county. N. Y., 20 March, 1830. He was graduated at the U. S. military academy in 1850, and entered the mounted rifles. In 1852-'3 he accompanied expedi- tions to the Rocky mountains. In a skirmish with the Mescalero Apaches, near Diablo mountain, 10 Oct., 1854, he was severely wounded, and for his gal- lantry was promoted first lieutenant. He took part in the Sioux expedition of 1855, was engaged in sup- pressing the Kansas border disturbances in 1856, and was in the Utah expedition of 1858, receiving promo- tion as captain on 11 June, 1858. In 1860 he took part in skirmishes with the Kiowa and Comanche Indians, and in May, 1861, marched from Fort Washita to Fort Leavenworth, and at once entered upon active service in the field in Gen. Lyon's campaign in southwestern Missouri. He was en- gaged at Dug Springs and in the battle of Wilson's Greek, where he won the brevet of lieutenant- colonel for gallantry. In September, 1861, he was commissioned colonel of the 3d Illinois volunteer cavalry, was an acting brigadier-general in Fre- mont's hundred days' campaign, served under Hunter, Halleck, and Curtis, was assigned, Febru- ary, 1862, to the command of the fourth division of the Army of the Southwest, and participated in the pursuit of the enemy into Arkansas, holding the rank of brigadier-general, having received his com- mission on 7 March, 1862. At Pea Ridge he de- ployed his division on the extreme right in the second day's battle, and, though thrice wounded, held his position for seven hours, contributing, in a large measure, to the victory of the day. For his gallantry he was made brigadier-general of volunteers, dating from 7 March, and was assigned a command under Gen. Curtis. He participated in the operations against Little Rock, and in the march to Helena during the summer of 1862, was promoted major in the regular army 17 July, and during the autumn of 1802 commanded the Army of the Southwest. During the Vicksburg campaign of 1803 he commanded a division and led the at- tack at Magnolia Church and at Port Gibson. At Big Black River his division led the column, and opened and closed the engagement, for which he was brevetted colonel, U. S. army. He led the as- sault on Vicksburg on 18 May, and on the 22d his division was the first to effect a lodgment in the enemy's works. During the autumn of 1863 lie commanded at Corinth the left wing of the 16th corps, was transferred in December to the Army of Arkansas, was engaged in the expedition against Camden and in the action at the Little Red River, was in command at Poison Spring and took part in the engagements at Prairie D'Ane and Jen- kins's Ferry. He was engaged at Clarendon, 20 June. 1865. and distinguished himself at the siege of Spanish Fort. He was brevetted brigadier-gen- eral in the U. S. army for gallantry at Little Rock, and major-general for services during the war. He took the field against the hostile Sioux and Chey- ennes in October, 1868, and on 18 Oct. defeated a large party of Cheyennes on Beaver Creek, Kansas; routed them on Solomon River on 25 Oct., and drove them out of Kansas; commanded an expedition to the Canadian River in the winter of 1868-'9, and one to Republican River in June and July, 1869, defeating Tall Bull at Summit Springs, Col., on 11 July, 1869, and securing a lasting peace to the frontier. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel on 17 June, 1873, participated in a campaign against the Sioux in 1876, afterward commanded the Black Hills district, and was chief officer of tlie Big Horn and Yellowstone expedition in the autumn of that year. He was promoted colonel of the 6th cavalry, to date from 29 April, 1879, directed the field operations against the hostile Apaches in Arizona and New Mexico in 1880, and commanded the ex- pedition to Old Mexico during the Victoria cam- paign. He was for a time in command of the district of New Mexico, was made brigadier-general in 1892, and retired 15 Feb., 1893. "Gen. Carr has the medal of honor for gallantry at Pea Ridge.

CARR, Joseph Bradford, soldier, b. in Albany, 16 Aug., 1828; d. in Troy, N. Y., 24 Feb., 1895. lie was educated in the public schools, entered the militia in 1849, and rose to be colonel. In April, 1861, he was appointed lieutenant-colonel, and in May colonel, of the 2d New York volunteers. His regiment was the first to encamp on the soil of Virginia, participated in the battle of Big Bethel, and in May, 1862, went to the front and fought through McClellan's peninsula campaign, being attached to Gen. Hooker's command. Col, Carr was acting brigadier-general in the engagements of the Orchards, Glendale, and Malvern Hill, and was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general, 7 Sept., 1802, for services in the field, especially at Malvern Hill on 2 July. He fought with conspicuous gallantry at Bristow Station and Chantilly, and participated in the battle of Fredericksburg. In January, 1863, he commanded an expedition that severed the communications of the enemy at Rappahannock Bridge. At Chancellorsville, 3 May, 1863, he took command of the division after the fall of Gen. Berry, and acted as division commander till 1 June. At Gettysburg his horse was killed under him and he was injured by the fall, but refused to leave the field and held his troops together, though two thirds of them were killed or wounded. On 4 Oct., 1863, he was assigned to the command of the 3d division of the 4th corps, particmated in the actions at Brandy Station, Locust Grove, and Mine Run, and was then transferred to the 4th division in the 2d (Han-