John A. Carter was a Virginia lawyer, farmer and politician, who represented Loudoun County, Virginia in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly for two terms each both before and after the Ameri
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Battle of Upperville
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The Battle of Upperville took place in Loudoun County, Virginia on June 21, 1863, during the Gettysburg campaign of the American Civil War.
John A. Carter (Virginia politician)
…pardoned and married, but died before his father. The family's farm, Crednal, was near the heart of the Battle of Unison in 1862, as well as during the Battle of Upperville, and was probably burned during the fall of 1864 by troops under Maj. Gen. Wesley Merritt because of Carter's hospitality toward J.E.B. Stuart in 1862…
The Battle of Upperville: Harper's Weekly, July 18, 1863