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Joseph Atwood Craver

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Joseph Atwood Craver

Birth
Franklinville, Gloucester County, New Jersey, USA
Death
3 Jul 1927 (aged 84)
Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
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Buried on 6 July 1927.

A veteran of the Civil War, Joseph Atwood Craver, a resident of Poweshiek County, Iowa, enlisted as a private on October 8, 1861, at the age of 19. He was mustered into Company E, 4th Iowa Cavalry on November 23, 1861. He re-enlisted on December 14, 1863. He was promoted to Full Corporal 7th Class on January 1, 1865 and was promoted to Full Corporal 4th Class on June 11, 1865. He campaigned west of the Mississippi River till the fall of Vicksburg. He was present at the taking of Vicksburg. Before his time expired he re-enlisted and received a furlough of thirty days, after which he returned to Memphis, Tennessee. In 1864 he operated against Forrest, and in the fall of the same year followed Price in his second campaign through Missouri. From September to November he pursued the enemy, mostly on horseback, over two thousand miles. He was with General Wilson in his campaigns in Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. After the war he continued to use the saddle on which he rode many hundred miles in the service of his country. He was a member of the guard which surrounded Jefferson Davis as he was led away from Augusta, Georgia in 1865. He was also one of twelve men who conducted Jefferson Davis' cabinet officers from Atlanta, Georgia to New York City after the last fight of the war in 1865, among whom was Major General Howell Cobb, who commanded the southern forces in this last fight. He was mustered out on August 8, 1865 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Buried on 6 July 1927.

A veteran of the Civil War, Joseph Atwood Craver, a resident of Poweshiek County, Iowa, enlisted as a private on October 8, 1861, at the age of 19. He was mustered into Company E, 4th Iowa Cavalry on November 23, 1861. He re-enlisted on December 14, 1863. He was promoted to Full Corporal 7th Class on January 1, 1865 and was promoted to Full Corporal 4th Class on June 11, 1865. He campaigned west of the Mississippi River till the fall of Vicksburg. He was present at the taking of Vicksburg. Before his time expired he re-enlisted and received a furlough of thirty days, after which he returned to Memphis, Tennessee. In 1864 he operated against Forrest, and in the fall of the same year followed Price in his second campaign through Missouri. From September to November he pursued the enemy, mostly on horseback, over two thousand miles. He was with General Wilson in his campaigns in Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. After the war he continued to use the saddle on which he rode many hundred miles in the service of his country. He was a member of the guard which surrounded Jefferson Davis as he was led away from Augusta, Georgia in 1865. He was also one of twelve men who conducted Jefferson Davis' cabinet officers from Atlanta, Georgia to New York City after the last fight of the war in 1865, among whom was Major General Howell Cobb, who commanded the southern forces in this last fight. He was mustered out on August 8, 1865 in Atlanta, Georgia.

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