 Carl remained in Munich and received a diploma from the Koeniglich Bayerische Akademie der Bildenden Kunste.He emigrated to New York in 1860, and served as an artilleryman in the 20th New York Volunteers during the American Civil War.He moved to Hartford, Connecticut in 1866 to work for James G. Batterson at the New England Granite Works, where he worked until 1903.