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Elijah Allen Carter resided in Ashe County and enlisted
in Iredell County in Company A on August 15, 1862, at the age of 25.
He was promoted to 1st sergeant on October 1, 1862, and wounded during
the battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia (May 1-4, 1863). He returned
to duty prior to September 1, 1863, and was appointed 3rd lieutenant on
September 20, 1863. He was mortally wounded on May 12, 1864, at the
battle of Spotsylvania Court House, dying on May 13. Lieutenant Carter
is buried in the Confederate Cemetery at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia.