Carter, Solon A. (1837-1918)
- Name:
- Carter, Solon A. (1837-1918)
- Title:
- Brevetted Major and Lieutenant Colonel Company G, 14th New Hampshire Volunteers.
- Born:
- 1837
- Died:
- 1918
- Residence:
- Leominster, Mass.
Keene, NH - Nationality:
- American
- Occupation:
- Army Colonel (Civil War), NH businessman
- Notes:
- -He went into the army as Captain of Company G, 14th New Hampshire Volunteers. Carter was commissioned Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, and served on the staff of Brigadier General Edward W. Hincks, and then on the staff of Brig. Gen. Charles J. Paine. He commanded "a division of colored troops, Army of the Potomac. Later...he was brevetted Major and Lieutenant Colonel."
-Carter returned to Keene after the war, to clerk in a furniture store. In 1872 he was elected Treasurer of New Hampshire, and he held that post for 40 years (to 1913), excepting 1874. Carter was a thirty-third degree Mason and Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of the Knights Templar in New Hampshire (1875). He served as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire in Manchester, 1878 - 1879.
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