Military General. His parents were Paul Carrington and Mildred Howell Coles. He married Elizabeth Henry Preston May 15,1820. His son was General Edward C. Carrington Jr. (born 5-26-1825, died 6-3 1892).
Captain Edward Cordington Carrington, of Botetourt County, Virginia. His father was General Edward C. Carrington, of Halifax County, Virginia, to whom his State presented a sword for gallantry in the War of 1812. His great-grandfather was Judge Paul Carrington, Jr., a son of Judge Paul Carrington of the first Court of Appeals, of Virginia. His mother was Eliza Henry Preston, daughter of General Francis Preston, of Abingdon, Virginia; and his maternal grandmother was Sallie Campbell, daughter of General William Campbell, of Kings Mountain fame, and his wife, Bettie Henry, sister of Patrick Henry.
Carrington entered the Institute in July, 1841, and resigned July 6, 1843. When scarcely twenty-one years of age, he was elected captain of Company A, First Virginia Regiment which served in the Mexican War with great credit. On his return from the war, the Virginia Legislature presented him a sword for services in Mexico. He became editor of the Valley Whig, in Fincastle, Virginia. He was sent to the Legislature, and was probably the only Whig elected from Botetourt County in forty years. When twenty-eight years old, he removed to Washington City, and began the practice of law. He was one of the revisers of the District Code, and soon won a national reputation from being engaged in many important cases.
He was made captain of the Washington Light Infantry, one of the most celebrated organizations in the country. He was later made brigadier-general of the District Militia; and, at the commencement of the War between the States, he declared himself for the Union. He came to Virginia, and made many speeches, while the Virginia Convention was in session. He declared if his State would remain in the Union, he would share her fate, but in no event would he consent to the destruction of the Union. General Scott and Attorney-General Bates recommended him for the position of United States District Attorney for the District of Columbia. President Lincoln promptly issued his commission, and he held the position for nearly ten years, under Lincoln, Johnson and Grant.
He died, as he had lived, an earnest Christian, in the year 1892. [It is interesting to note that two brothers of General Carrington served gallantly in the Confederate Army, namely, the superb Major James McDowell Carrington (V. M. I.), of the Artillery Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia, and the noble Captain William Campbell Preston Carrington, of Company A, First Missouri Infantry, who was killed in battle at Bakerâs Creek, Mississippi, having previously been wounded twice."
(Source: The Military History of the Virginia Military Institute from 1839-1861, by: Jennings C. Wise, Publ: 1915. Transcribed by: Helen Coughlin)
Captain Edward Cordington Carrington, of Botetourt County, Virginia. His father was General Edward C. Carrington, of Halifax County, Virginia, to whom his State presented a sword for gallantry in the War of 1812. His great-grandfather was Judge Paul Carrington, Jr., a son of Judge Paul Carrington of the first Court of Appeals, of Virginia. His mother was Eliza Henry Preston, daughter of General Francis Preston, of Abingdon, Virginia; and his maternal grandmother was Sallie Campbell, daughter of General William Campbell, of Kings Mountain fame, and his wife, Bettie Henry, sister of Patrick Henry.
Carrington entered the Institute in July, 1841, and resigned July 6, 1843. When scarcely twenty-one years of age, he was elected captain of Company A, First Virginia Regiment which served in the Mexican War with great credit. On his return from the war, the Virginia Legislature presented him a sword for services in Mexico. He became editor of the Valley Whig, in Fincastle, Virginia. He was sent to the Legislature, and was probably the only Whig elected from Botetourt County in forty years. When twenty-eight years old, he removed to Washington City, and began the practice of law. He was one of the revisers of the District Code, and soon won a national reputation from being engaged in many important cases.
He was made captain of the Washington Light Infantry, one of the most celebrated organizations in the country. He was later made brigadier-general of the District Militia; and, at the commencement of the War between the States, he declared himself for the Union. He came to Virginia, and made many speeches, while the Virginia Convention was in session. He declared if his State would remain in the Union, he would share her fate, but in no event would he consent to the destruction of the Union. General Scott and Attorney-General Bates recommended him for the position of United States District Attorney for the District of Columbia. President Lincoln promptly issued his commission, and he held the position for nearly ten years, under Lincoln, Johnson and Grant.
He died, as he had lived, an earnest Christian, in the year 1892. [It is interesting to note that two brothers of General Carrington served gallantly in the Confederate Army, namely, the superb Major James McDowell Carrington (V. M. I.), of the Artillery Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia, and the noble Captain William Campbell Preston Carrington, of Company A, First Missouri Infantry, who was killed in battle at Bakerâs Creek, Mississippi, having previously been wounded twice."
(Source: The Military History of the Virginia Military Institute from 1839-1861, by: Jennings C. Wise, Publ: 1915. Transcribed by: Helen Coughlin)
Military General. His parents were Paul Carrington and Mildred Howell Coles. He married Elizabeth Henry Preston May 15,1820. His son was General Edward C. Carrington Jr. (born 5-26-1825, died 6-3 1892).
Captain Edward Cordington Carrington, of Botetourt County, Virginia. His father was General Edward C. Carrington, of Halifax County, Virginia, to whom his State presented a sword for gallantry in the War of 1812. His great-grandfather was Judge Paul Carrington, Jr., a son of Judge Paul Carrington of the first Court of Appeals, of Virginia. His mother was Eliza Henry Preston, daughter of General Francis Preston, of Abingdon, Virginia; and his maternal grandmother was Sallie Campbell, daughter of General William Campbell, of Kings Mountain fame, and his wife, Bettie Henry, sister of Patrick Henry.
Carrington entered the Institute in July, 1841, and resigned July 6, 1843. When scarcely twenty-one years of age, he was elected captain of Company A, First Virginia Regiment which served in the Mexican War with great credit. On his return from the war, the Virginia Legislature presented him a sword for services in Mexico. He became editor of the Valley Whig, in Fincastle, Virginia. He was sent to the Legislature, and was probably the only Whig elected from Botetourt County in forty years. When twenty-eight years old, he removed to Washington City, and began the practice of law. He was one of the revisers of the District Code, and soon won a national reputation from being engaged in many important cases.
He was made captain of the Washington Light Infantry, one of the most celebrated organizations in the country. He was later made brigadier-general of the District Militia; and, at the commencement of the War between the States, he declared himself for the Union. He came to Virginia, and made many speeches, while the Virginia Convention was in session. He declared if his State would remain in the Union, he would share her fate, but in no event would he consent to the destruction of the Union. General Scott and Attorney-General Bates recommended him for the position of United States District Attorney for the District of Columbia. President Lincoln promptly issued his commission, and he held the position for nearly ten years, under Lincoln, Johnson and Grant.
He died, as he had lived, an earnest Christian, in the year 1892. [It is interesting to note that two brothers of General Carrington served gallantly in the Confederate Army, namely, the superb Major James McDowell Carrington (V. M. I.), of the Artillery Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia, and the noble Captain William Campbell Preston Carrington, of Company A, First Missouri Infantry, who was killed in battle at Bakerâs Creek, Mississippi, having previously been wounded twice."
(Source: The Military History of the Virginia Military Institute from 1839-1861, by: Jennings C. Wise, Publ: 1915. Transcribed by: Helen Coughlin)
Captain Edward Cordington Carrington, of Botetourt County, Virginia. His father was General Edward C. Carrington, of Halifax County, Virginia, to whom his State presented a sword for gallantry in the War of 1812. His great-grandfather was Judge Paul Carrington, Jr., a son of Judge Paul Carrington of the first Court of Appeals, of Virginia. His mother was Eliza Henry Preston, daughter of General Francis Preston, of Abingdon, Virginia; and his maternal grandmother was Sallie Campbell, daughter of General William Campbell, of Kings Mountain fame, and his wife, Bettie Henry, sister of Patrick Henry.
Carrington entered the Institute in July, 1841, and resigned July 6, 1843. When scarcely twenty-one years of age, he was elected captain of Company A, First Virginia Regiment which served in the Mexican War with great credit. On his return from the war, the Virginia Legislature presented him a sword for services in Mexico. He became editor of the Valley Whig, in Fincastle, Virginia. He was sent to the Legislature, and was probably the only Whig elected from Botetourt County in forty years. When twenty-eight years old, he removed to Washington City, and began the practice of law. He was one of the revisers of the District Code, and soon won a national reputation from being engaged in many important cases.
He was made captain of the Washington Light Infantry, one of the most celebrated organizations in the country. He was later made brigadier-general of the District Militia; and, at the commencement of the War between the States, he declared himself for the Union. He came to Virginia, and made many speeches, while the Virginia Convention was in session. He declared if his State would remain in the Union, he would share her fate, but in no event would he consent to the destruction of the Union. General Scott and Attorney-General Bates recommended him for the position of United States District Attorney for the District of Columbia. President Lincoln promptly issued his commission, and he held the position for nearly ten years, under Lincoln, Johnson and Grant.
He died, as he had lived, an earnest Christian, in the year 1892. [It is interesting to note that two brothers of General Carrington served gallantly in the Confederate Army, namely, the superb Major James McDowell Carrington (V. M. I.), of the Artillery Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia, and the noble Captain William Campbell Preston Carrington, of Company A, First Missouri Infantry, who was killed in battle at Bakerâs Creek, Mississippi, having previously been wounded twice."
(Source: The Military History of the Virginia Military Institute from 1839-1861, by: Jennings C. Wise, Publ: 1915. Transcribed by: Helen Coughlin)
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