Alfred was the son of famed engineer Claudius Crozet. Claudius was a West Point professor, leading mechanical and structural engineer, and co-founder of the Virginia Military Institute.
Alfred was admitted to West Point on 1 July 1838, aged 16 years and nine months. He graduated 28th in the 39-member West Point Class of 1843, along with future Union generals Ulysses S. Grant (21st), Frederick T. Dent, Grant's brother-in-law (33rd), William B. Franklin (1st), Isaac Quinby (6th), John J. Peck (8th), Christopher C. Augur (16th), Joseph H. Potter (22nd), Charles S. Hamilton (26th), Frederick Steele (30th), Rufus Ingalls (32nd), and Henry M. Judah (35th); and future Confederate generals Roswell S. Ripley (7th), Samuel G. French (14th) and Franklin K. Gardner (17th).
After graduating, Alfred was posted to Louisiana with the 7th U.S. Infantry as a 2nd Lieutenant, before transferring to the 8th Infantry, receiving a promotion to 1st Lt., and serving in the Mexican War. He was breveted Captain for his service at the battle of Churubusco, though he reverted to his regular rank after the War. He served the post-War years in Texas and Kentucky with the 8th U.S. Infantry, alongside officers including James Longstreet and George Pickett. He married Josephine Tibbatts about 1854.
He died age 33, and is buried in his father's plot next to his mother and his sister Adele, and near to the plot of his sister Claudia and her family. (The remains of his father were moved to V.M.I. in 1942.) His marker was placed in May 2016 through the efforts of Crozet descendant Nancy Mills Faxon, and the "Friends of Shockoe Hill Cemetery."
Alfred was the son of famed engineer Claudius Crozet. Claudius was a West Point professor, leading mechanical and structural engineer, and co-founder of the Virginia Military Institute.
Alfred was admitted to West Point on 1 July 1838, aged 16 years and nine months. He graduated 28th in the 39-member West Point Class of 1843, along with future Union generals Ulysses S. Grant (21st), Frederick T. Dent, Grant's brother-in-law (33rd), William B. Franklin (1st), Isaac Quinby (6th), John J. Peck (8th), Christopher C. Augur (16th), Joseph H. Potter (22nd), Charles S. Hamilton (26th), Frederick Steele (30th), Rufus Ingalls (32nd), and Henry M. Judah (35th); and future Confederate generals Roswell S. Ripley (7th), Samuel G. French (14th) and Franklin K. Gardner (17th).
After graduating, Alfred was posted to Louisiana with the 7th U.S. Infantry as a 2nd Lieutenant, before transferring to the 8th Infantry, receiving a promotion to 1st Lt., and serving in the Mexican War. He was breveted Captain for his service at the battle of Churubusco, though he reverted to his regular rank after the War. He served the post-War years in Texas and Kentucky with the 8th U.S. Infantry, alongside officers including James Longstreet and George Pickett. He married Josephine Tibbatts about 1854.
He died age 33, and is buried in his father's plot next to his mother and his sister Adele, and near to the plot of his sister Claudia and her family. (The remains of his father were moved to V.M.I. in 1942.) His marker was placed in May 2016 through the efforts of Crozet descendant Nancy Mills Faxon, and the "Friends of Shockoe Hill Cemetery."
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