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The National Archives has no
biography for C. V. Carrington since he was not in the Army. My
biography for him is below, with my entries and references in blue.
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According to the 1860 Census,
Charles Vincent Carrington was born in Vermont in 1815. He was Secretary
of the Greenville & Columbia RR in South Carolina and was living in
the Richland section of Columbia. His wife was Mary M. Brenan, born in
1823 in South Carolina; they had 9 children, spanning from 16 year
old Charles A. (a clerk) to a 7 month old baby. The family had no
real estate, but $750 personal property. He died in Columbia, S. C.
in July, 1875 and Mary died in November of the same year. |
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The earliest record of C. V. is
in 1857 as the Secretary of the Greenville & Columbia RR. He is noted in that job through 1862 and
then again from 1866 through 1875. He may well have retained his
position during the latter war years, but I have no evidence. |
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C. V. was ordered to Manassas and
ordered to take charge of transportation there under Major Cabell.
He was paid as a Transportation
Agent starting September 3, 1861, when he was probably appointed by
Major Ashe. He retained the position until December 1, 1862,
when J. B. E. Sloan arrived in Columbia. What happened then is
not known and there are only minor points of information for the
rest of the war. In August, 1864, Carrington was appointed a Bonded
Agent for the Quartermaster Department and assigned to the
Quartermaster Major in Columbia. |
| July 7, 1861 |
Ordered to Manassas to take charge of
transportation
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| September 3, 1861 |
Appointed Transportation Agent at Columbia, S.
C.
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Ticket and procedures approved
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| December 1, 1862 |
Ceased to be the Columbia Transportation Agent
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| March 20, 1863 |
Was paid for taking
care of 13 head of cattle
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| July 8, 1863 |
Rhett told to pay him for time as Transportation
Agent
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| March 16 through
September 23, 1863 |
Paid stage fare for soldiers
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| August 25, 1864 |
Appointed a Bonded Agent in the Quartermaster
Department and assigned to Columbia
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