- Carlton McCarthy
Carlton McCarthy (1847–1936) [ [http://vhs3.vahistorical.org/cgi-bin/starfinder/3551/x.marc.txt SessionKilled ] at vhs3.vahistorical.org] was the
mayor of Richmond (Virginia ,United States ) from 1904 to 1908.Civil War writings
Prior to this, he served as a soldier in the Confederate Army. He fought in local armies but was not formally enlisted private until 1864 in the
Richmond Howitzers of theArmy of Northern Virginia .. [cite book
title=The Civil War Soldier
author=Michael Barton, Larry M. Logue
year=2002
publisher=NYU Press
isbn=0814798802
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=i5v5HIW7ITcC&pg=RA2-PA85&lpg=RA2-PA85&dq=carlton+mccarthy&source=web&ots=OCqFrZBpN2&sig=IAj_rwJ0__zqW0RQMl2BkWs6ojM] He wrote a book about his four years of experience in a book called "Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Live in the Army of Northern Virginia 1861-1865.", [ [http://www.ilab.org/db/book1756_STOCK000264I.html Antiquarian Books :: ILAB-LILA :: International League of Antiquarian Booksellers ] at www.ilab.org] first published byCarlton McCarthy and Company in 1882 [cite book
title=Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865
author=Carlton McCarthy, William L. Sheppard
year=1993
publisher=U of Nebraska Press
isbn=0803281978
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=P-HCmB5XelsC&pg=RA1-PR19&lpg=RA1-PR19&dq=carlton+mccarthy&source=web&ots=PcthM8zpvd&sig=6mifP3ivRKCAl7fvys9hhR2WjSk] with a second edition published in 1888. [ [http://www.ilab.org/db/book1756_STOCK000264I.html Antiquarian Books :: ILAB-LILA :: International League of Antiquarian Booksellers ] at www.ilab.org] A copy of this book is on display at theMuseum of the Confederacy as well as at theVirginia Historical Society .His writings have been featured in other publications, such as chapter 6 of "The Civil War Soldier: A Historical Reader" by Michael Barton,
Larry M. Logue [cite book
title=The Civil War Soldier
author=Michael Barton, Larry M. Logue
year=2002
publisher=NYU Press
isbn=0814798802
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=i5v5HIW7ITcC&pg=RA2-PA85&lpg=RA2-PA85&dq=carlton+mccarthy&source=web&ots=OCqFrZBpN2&sig=IAj_rwJ0__zqW0RQMl2BkWs6ojM#PRA2-PA85,M1] and a chapter inAlbert Bushnell Hart 's book, "The Romance of the Civil War ", published in 1896 and now in the public domain. [ [http://www.legendsofamerica.com/AH-PrivateBattlel.html A Civil War Private in Battle by Carlton McCarthy ] at www.legendsofamerica.com]Biographies
Mary Holt Carlton wrote a book about Carlton in 1986, called "Richmond's `Live Wire' Mayor 1904-1908". [ [http://www.missq.msstate.edu/sssl/view.php?pid=260 SSSL: Bibliography: Richmond's `Live Wire' Mayor 1904-1908 (Mary Holt Carlton) ] at www.missq.msstate.edu]McCarthy died in 1936 at the age of 89 [ [http://www.ilab.org/db/book1756_STOCK000264I.html Antiquarian Books :: ILAB-LILA :: International League of Antiquarian Booksellers ] at www.ilab.org]
Civic contributions,
Besides being Richmond's elected mayor from 1904 to 1908, McCarthy also made other contributions to Richmond life, such as being the primary author of a 1914 ordinance to adopt a Richmond flag [ [http://vhs3.vahistorical.org/cgi-bin/starfinder/3551/x.marc.txt SessionKilled ] at vhs3.vahistorical.org]
McCarthy also authored a book in 1871 (published by McCarthy & Ellyson) entitled "Walks about Richmond: a story for boys, and a guide to persons visiting the city, desiring to see the principal points of interest." [ [http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:3Nxt2xfApRYJ:www.marshall.edu/speccoll/blake/Mc2-BIB.html+%22McCarthy+%26+Ellyson%22+Richmond&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1 ] at 72.14.209.104] [ [http://vhs3.vahistorical.org/cgi-bin/starfinder/3551/x.marc.txt SessionKilled ] at vhs3.vahistorical.org]
References
* Carlton McCarthy's
Memorial Day speech on 1887 inAugusta County, Virginia . [http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/memory/search/browseMemory.php?xml=/db/valley/memoryarticles/AM0098.xml]
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