James Henry Carleton (1814 - 1873)

Born 27 Dec 1814 in Lubec, Washington County, Maine

Husband of Henrietta Tracy (Loring) Carleton — married Oct 1840 (to Oct 1841) in Boston, Massachusetts

Husband of Sophia Garland (Wolfe) Carleton — married 28 Aug 1848 in New York

Died 7 Jan 1873 at age 58 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

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Biography

James Carleton is Notable.

Civil War Union Brigadier General. After serving as a volunteer in the Aroostook and Mexican American War, he was commissioned a Major in the regular US Army in 1839. From 1851 to 1859, he served on surveying, exploring and Indian fighting expeditions with the 1st Dragoons at Fort Tejon, California. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was appointed Colonel of the 1st California Infantry and the 1st California Cavalry, in July 1861. He marched his forces to the Rio Grande, replaced General Edward R. S. Canby as commander of the Department of New Mexico. In addition to securing the territory against Confederate threat, he was ordered to establish martial law in New Mexico. By 1863, the Confederate threat was ended but his troops were engaged in fighting hostile Indians striking throughout the territory. Promoted Brigadier General in command of the 1st New Mexico Cavalry, he put a concentration of troops along the Rio Grande to subdue hostile Indian tribes. His efforts resulted in 8,000 Navajos and Mescalero Apaches surrendering in peace to the Bosque Redondo reservation. For his Indian and Civil War service, he was brevetted Major General, U.S. Army in 1866. With the postwar reduction of the Army, Carleton remained in the service and was appointed Lieutenant Colonel in command of the 4th U.S. Cavalry. He wrote numerous articles for military publications and published a book on the "Battle of Buena Vista". He died in uniform from pneumonia at age 59.

Source: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Carleton&GSfn=James&GSmn=H.&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=5887114&df=all&

in 1862, Colonel Carleton marched the 1st Infantry, California Volunteers from Wilmington California to El Paso Texas. This has been reported to be the longest infantry march in US Infantry history.

Source: Californians and the Military Major General James Henry Carleton. http://www.militarymuseum.org/Carleton.html

Sources

• Wikipedia
• "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F446-TQY : 4 December 2014), Mary Henry Carleton, 12 Feb 1816; citing BUCKSPORT,HANCOCK,MAINE; FHL microfilm 10,578.
• https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=0203E68A-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A
• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F9L5-1ZF : 4 December 2014), James H. Carleton, Colonel, Company F&S, 1st Regiment, California Infantry, Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M533 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 881,609.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5887114/james-henry-carleton: accessed 29 July 2022), memorial page for James Henry Carleton (27 Dec 1814–7 Jan 1873), Find A Grave: Memorial #5887114, citing Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.
• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWXW-MY2 : 10 December 2014), James H. Carleton in entry for Lucy Mary Putnam Carleton, 15 Jul 1901; citing Reading, Massachusetts, v 517 cn 32, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,057,734.