Eugene Carter Birthplace

[DrPaulSem]

Hello My Friends,

I'm still new to the forum and spending a lot more time writing and researching than interacting here (I will one day soon)...

I have a Gettysburg book coming out that I must get to the publisher by the end of June.

I am researching Major Eugene Carter who served at Gettysburg.

He was born in Maine, but I am having a difficult time locating where in Maine he was born. Does anyone have an answer on this - and a source?

Thanks.

My Best,
Paul Semendinger

 

[lupaglupa]

Welcome from the Researching Civil War Records and Ancestry forum. @Fairfield - you're our Maine expert. Any idea?

 

[lupaglupa]

Maine birth certificate says October 4, 1838 Bridgton, Maine.

 

[Fairfield]

Welcome Paul Semendinger!

I suspect that your man was Eugene Carter who served in the Regular Army (US Infantry 8). He was probably born in Bridgton, Maine and died in Haverhill, Mass. His entry on Find a Grave is: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122626127/eugene-carter. I'd get in touch with those who set up and maintain that page. I'll confirm place of birth anon!

 

[DrPaulSem]

I am continually amazed an impressed by the knowledge I receive from this forum. THANK YOU!!! GREATLY!!!!

 

[Fairfield]

Bridgton, ME is correct (going from date of birth). He was last found in Maine in 1850 but by the time of his 1864 marriage, he'd become a citizen of Massachusetts.

 

[DrPaulSem]

Bridgton, ME is correct (going from date of birth). He was last found in Maine in 1850 but by the time of his 1864 marriage, he'd become a citizen of Massachusetts.

Thank you!!!

 

[Fairfield]

Bridgton is a lovely town, right on a series of lakes. If you want to look into Lt. Carter's family, you might try the Bridgton Historical Society ([email protected]).

 

[ErnieMac]

From Maine Birth Records database in Ancestry.com.

 

[General Casey]

Bridgton is a lovely town, right on a series of lakes. If you want to look into Lt. Carter's family, you might try the Bridgton Historical Society ([email protected]).

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It is a lovely town. I actually vacation in Bridgton during the summers.

 

[lupaglupa]

And it's very close to Fryeburg so you can go the fair

 

[Fairfield]

One of my more embarrassing memories comes from the Bridgton area. Shortly after moving to Maine, I was camping with some friends on Lake Sebago; as the first awake, I was out making coffee when raucous, uncontrolled laughter rolled across the water. I raced back to the tent exclaiming "We've got to get out of here: there's a hysterical man across the lake!" Turned out that it was a loon.

I think that Lt. Carter was a bit hardier.