George E. Carlton (Carleton) of Rasin enlisted on November 17, 1862, at the age of 33. He was discharged by Government Order No. 26, dated June 3, 1865, and is buried in Lenawee County at the Holloway Cemetery, Raisin Twp. George was born in Vermont on April 3, 1829, and died on August 7, 1901. George's brother, Henry, may have also served in the war and his younger cousin, Will Carleton, was a famed poet. Will's writing was featured in the Twenty-sixth Michigan's section of General John Robertson's Michigan in the War. (Will Carleton's cobblestone house is still preserved in Hillsdale County.)After the Civil War, George and Mary named their son, Willie, in May of 1867.
26th Michigan service included: Alexandria, Washington, Suffolk, the New York Draft Riots, Mine Run, Wilderness, Po River, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomoy, Cold Harbor, Petersburg including Deep Bottom, Ream's Station, Cedar Level Station, White Oak Swamp & Hatcher's Run, Fort Fisher, Sayler's Creek & Farmville, Appomattox and The Grand Review.
"You, whose lives cold set, Like a winter's sun ill-timed, Whose hearts ran down ere yet – The noon of your lives had chimed."
- Will Carleton, Farm Festivals,
As featured in Michigan Soldiers and Sailors,
Twenty-sixth Michigan Volunteers
Additional Bio:
George E Carlton Death Cert # 291
sign by Dr J. W. Dixon
Undertaker S.P. Smith
Dob April 3 1829 Vermont
Dod Aug 7 1901 Lenawee Mi
He sufferd Complications from Oct 20 1900 Aug 71 1901
from Valvular Heart Disease
Brother Henry F.A.G. # 51584633
1870s Census has him living in Raisin Lenawee Co
George age 40 Farmer
Mary Wife age 38
Daughter Gertrude age 10 b. abt 1860
Son Willie L age 4 b. May 1867
His parents are listed next
26th Michigan service included: Alexandria, Washington, Suffolk, the New York Draft Riots, Mine Run, Wilderness, Po River, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomoy, Cold Harbor, Petersburg including Deep Bottom, Ream's Station, Cedar Level Station, White Oak Swamp & Hatcher's Run, Fort Fisher, Sayler's Creek & Farmville, Appomattox and The Grand Review.
"You, whose lives cold set, Like a winter's sun ill-timed, Whose hearts ran down ere yet – The noon of your lives had chimed."
- Will Carleton, Farm Festivals,
As featured in Michigan Soldiers and Sailors,
Twenty-sixth Michigan Volunteers
Additional Bio:
George E Carlton Death Cert # 291
sign by Dr J. W. Dixon
Undertaker S.P. Smith
Dob April 3 1829 Vermont
Dod Aug 7 1901 Lenawee Mi
He sufferd Complications from Oct 20 1900 Aug 71 1901
from Valvular Heart Disease
Brother Henry F.A.G. # 51584633
1870s Census has him living in Raisin Lenawee Co
George age 40 Farmer
Mary Wife age 38
Daughter Gertrude age 10 b. abt 1860
Son Willie L age 4 b. May 1867
His parents are listed next
George E. Carlton (Carleton) of Rasin enlisted on November 17, 1862, at the age of 33. He was discharged by Government Order No. 26, dated June 3, 1865, and is buried in Lenawee County at the Holloway Cemetery, Raisin Twp. George was born in Vermont on April 3, 1829, and died on August 7, 1901. George's brother, Henry, may have also served in the war and his younger cousin, Will Carleton, was a famed poet. Will's writing was featured in the Twenty-sixth Michigan's section of General John Robertson's Michigan in the War. (Will Carleton's cobblestone house is still preserved in Hillsdale County.)After the Civil War, George and Mary named their son, Willie, in May of 1867.
26th Michigan service included: Alexandria, Washington, Suffolk, the New York Draft Riots, Mine Run, Wilderness, Po River, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomoy, Cold Harbor, Petersburg including Deep Bottom, Ream's Station, Cedar Level Station, White Oak Swamp & Hatcher's Run, Fort Fisher, Sayler's Creek & Farmville, Appomattox and The Grand Review.
"You, whose lives cold set, Like a winter's sun ill-timed, Whose hearts ran down ere yet – The noon of your lives had chimed."
- Will Carleton, Farm Festivals,
As featured in Michigan Soldiers and Sailors,
Twenty-sixth Michigan Volunteers
Additional Bio:
George E Carlton Death Cert # 291
sign by Dr J. W. Dixon
Undertaker S.P. Smith
Dob April 3 1829 Vermont
Dod Aug 7 1901 Lenawee Mi
He sufferd Complications from Oct 20 1900 Aug 71 1901
from Valvular Heart Disease
Brother Henry F.A.G. # 51584633
1870s Census has him living in Raisin Lenawee Co
George age 40 Farmer
Mary Wife age 38
Daughter Gertrude age 10 b. abt 1860
Son Willie L age 4 b. May 1867
His parents are listed next
26th Michigan service included: Alexandria, Washington, Suffolk, the New York Draft Riots, Mine Run, Wilderness, Po River, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomoy, Cold Harbor, Petersburg including Deep Bottom, Ream's Station, Cedar Level Station, White Oak Swamp & Hatcher's Run, Fort Fisher, Sayler's Creek & Farmville, Appomattox and The Grand Review.
"You, whose lives cold set, Like a winter's sun ill-timed, Whose hearts ran down ere yet – The noon of your lives had chimed."
- Will Carleton, Farm Festivals,
As featured in Michigan Soldiers and Sailors,
Twenty-sixth Michigan Volunteers
Additional Bio:
George E Carlton Death Cert # 291
sign by Dr J. W. Dixon
Undertaker S.P. Smith
Dob April 3 1829 Vermont
Dod Aug 7 1901 Lenawee Mi
He sufferd Complications from Oct 20 1900 Aug 71 1901
from Valvular Heart Disease
Brother Henry F.A.G. # 51584633
1870s Census has him living in Raisin Lenawee Co
George age 40 Farmer
Mary Wife age 38
Daughter Gertrude age 10 b. abt 1860
Son Willie L age 4 b. May 1867
His parents are listed next
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