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Encyclopedia > Edward Carrington

Edward Carrington (17481810) was an American soldier and statesman from Virginia. He was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Continental Army, serving as Quartermaster to General Nathanael Greene’s Southern campaign. He commanded artillery at the Battle of Hobkirk’s Hill and the Battle of Yorktown.


Virginia sent Carrington as a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1786 to 1788. He later served as foreman of the jury when Aaron Burr was tried for treason in 1807.


External link

  • Carrington’s Congresional biography (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000183)

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Edward Carrington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (112 words)
Edward Carrington (1748 1810) was an American soldier and statesman from Virginia.
Virginia sent Carrington as a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1786 to 1788.
He later served as foreman of the jury when Aaron Burr was tried for treason in 1807.
Rediscovering George Washington . Letter to Edward Carrington, December 23, 1795 | PBS (146 words)
Letter to Edward Carrington, December 23, 1795
Blair; and as the department of War is yet unfilled; I am waiting (expected) information in order [2] to make a general arrangement, or rather distribution of these Offices, before I decide upon either seperatily.
Edward Carrington was the principal assistant to Knox in directing the artillery at the siege of Yorktown.
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