Charles Carter was not from Michigan. He enlisted 22 Jun 1864, and joined the regiment on 7 Jul 1864 in the field. He gave his age as 21 years, 6 months and said he was born near Hagerstown, Maryland. Charles was 5' 10", and a farmer. He was possibly a member of the Lenape (also called Delaware) tribe. Unfortunately he was killed only weeks later, on 30 Jul 1864, at the Battle of the Crater.
"In particular he [Lieutenant Randall] noticed Pvt. Charles Carter (Co. K) fall before the Sharpshooters reached the rebel defenses. A Maryland Indian, Carter had joined the Sharpshooters during the campaign; he had hardly been with the regiment one month before dying under that blazing morning sun at Petersburg." [These Men Have Seen Hard Service by Raymond J. Herek, page 221 - source Randall Reminiscences "Incidents of the Battle"]
"The Indians had taken a beating on 30 July. Survivors remembered that Charles Carter and Moses Williams had died in the fighting."[These Men Have Seen Hard Service by Raymond J. Herek, page 234]
Charles service records, copied in the order found, at the Clarke Historical Library, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, in Feb 2022, from the Quita V. Shier collection.
Link to Company K, 1st Michigan Sharpshooters facebook group
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