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Rh seceded, he became at a later date a member of a cavalry company, which was assigned to the Third North Carolina cavalry regiment, of Barringer’s brigade. With this gallant command he did service in Virginia, particularly amid the active and desperate campaigns of 1864-65, and won the esteem of his comrades by manly and soldierly behavior. Since the close of hostilities he has been a warm and patriotic friend of the Confederate soldier, and the regard which his comrades have for him is evidenced by his long tenure of the office of president of the North Carolina Veterans association. No man like wise is more patriotic and loyal to the union of the States. It is due to his patriotic impulse and generosity that the coat-of-arms of North Carolina now appears among those of the other thirteen original States in the old Independence hall at Philadelphia. Observing the omission of the insignia of his State, while on a visit to that historic spot, he promptly secured the permission of the governor, and at his own expense placed the shield of North Carolina in its appropriate place. In November, 1886, he served as chief marshal at the Fayetteville centennial celebration by the State of North Carolina of the adoption of the Constitution of the United States, and the success of that event was largely due to his efforts, assisted by a corps of aides selected by him from the ablest and most prominent citizens of the State. After the close of the war Mr. Carr attended the university at Chapel Hill for a short time, then became a partner of his father in business, and three years later removed to Little Rock, Ark., returning in 1870 to North Carolina and becoming interested in the manufacture of tobacco, in which his career has been pre-eminently successful. He purchased a one-third interest in the manufacturing business of W. T. Blackwell & Co., the firm then being composed of W. T. Blackwell and J. R. Day, at Durham. The business of this famous house had then just begun to grow, and its progress has continued from that day until the Blackwell Durham corporation, as now organized, has a capital stock of $4,000,000, on which it pays good semi-annual dividends. While taking a leading part in the development of this great business, Mr. Carr has also been active in other lines, and the extent of his business enterprises can best be briefly described by reference to the following list of corporations and companies with