Carlton McCarthy

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 the Army 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 by Carlton 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 the Museum of the Confederacy as well as at the Virginia 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 in Albert 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 in Augusta County, Virginia. [http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/memory/search/browseMemory.php?xml=/db/valley/memoryarticles/AM0098.xml]


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