DOB:  October 26, 1830 DOD:  February 20, 1910 Age at Enlistment: 30 Date of Enlistment:  July 23, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Nashville, TN Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  1st Sergeant Casualty:  Captured at Salisbury, NC on April 12, 1865 Comments:  Frank was the older brother of Thomas Carl who also served in the company.  He grew up near Leiper’s Fork, TN on what is now called Carl Road.  The 1850 Census lists his name as Franklin but there is no other document that has ever called him by that name.  Frank was elected 5th Sergeant to replace William Hughes who was killed at Perryville in 1862.  He was later promoted to 4th Sergeant at the beginning of 1864 and promoted to 1st Sgt. following the death of Henry Walker at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in June 1864.  In 1863, he was one of five men selected by Col. Feild for special duty of keeping Union Sympathizers and Spies out of camp.  He was captured during the 1865 Carolina campaign at Salisbury, NC on April 12, 1865 which was just a few weeks shy of the Army of Tennessee’s surrender at Greensboro.  Since he was captured and not surrendered he did not get released until after the rest of the Williamson Grays had made it home, since the U.S. government did not release Confederate prisoners until June of 1865.  Following his capture he was sent to Camp Chase Prison in Ohio and released on June 13, 1865.  His prisoner of war record describes him as Complexion: Light, Hair: Light, Eyes: Gray, Height: 5'8".  On September 14, 1871, he married Mary Boyd and by 1872 he had moved with his new bride to Little Rock, AR where they spent the rest of their lives.  The couple had two daughters and a son that died young.  They lived at 1413 Broadway from 1890 until their deaths.  Frank worked as a Grocer and according to the 1906 city directory he was the President of the Arkansas Insurance Co.  In 1910, his probate record shows he has been declared to be of unsound mind and his wife was trying to get a guardian for his estate.  The records show he owns several lots of land throughout Arkansas.  Frank passed away in 1910 and is buried in Oakland Cemetery in Little Rock. 

Left: Frank Carl courtesy of the Williamson County Heritage Foundation Right: Arkansas Insurance Company with President Frank Carl

Installing a new tombstone for Frank Carl on 3/20/20.  Mike Hoover and Andrew Winstead drove it out there.  John from the Cemetery and Randall Freeman from the SCV met us out there.