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1LT Edgar Mantlebert Crutchfield

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1LT Edgar Mantlebert Crutchfield Veteran

Birth
Snell, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
Death
7 Feb 1896 (aged 55)
Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 10, Lot 132, Stone 121
Memorial ID
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A brother of Colonel Stapleton Crutchfield of General "Stonewall" Jackon's staff.

Field & Staff, 30th Virginia Infantry, Walker's Brigade, District of Aquia, Dept. of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Residence Spotsylvania County; student.
Served before the war as Lieutenant, Mercer Cavalry, which became Company E of the 9th Virginia Cavalry, C.S.A.
Enlisted on 7/22/1861, he was commissioned as a Lieutenant in Company I, 9th Virginia Cavalry.
Appointed 9/12/1861 to Field & Staff, 30th Virginia Infantry as Regimental Adjutant.
He resigned on 10/2/1862 on basis of "twenty negroe clause"; accepted twice: 10/27/1862 and 11/6/1862.
He was enlisted in Fauquier County on 11/10/1864 by Walter E. Frankland of (Mosby's) 43rd Battalion Cavalry for the duration of the war and mustered into Company F as a Private.
On 12/10/1864 Inspection Roll.
Paroled 4/22/1865 Winchester, VA.

Postwar he was Superintendant of Schools of Fredericksburg; Fredericksburg Masonic Lodge, No. 4, officer (S.); Fredericksburg Masonic Royal Arch Chapter, No. 23 of Masons, officer (S.); Fredericksburg Masonic Consistory, No. 8 of Masons, officer (I. G. S. and K. of S. & A.); insurance agent, office at 302 Commerce Street above Princess Anne Street; lived at 1202 Prince Edward Street, at the corner of Lewis; married to Elizabeth; daughters: Margaret, Mercer.

Mosby's Cavalry Regiment, formerly the 43rd Battalion, was organized in December, 1864. The battalion was formed in June, 1863, with five companies, later increased to eight. The unit served behind Federal lines in Northern Virginia and was the most effective command of its kind. The enemy forces were never safe and the area became known as "Mosby's Confederacy".
A brother of Colonel Stapleton Crutchfield of General "Stonewall" Jackon's staff.

Field & Staff, 30th Virginia Infantry, Walker's Brigade, District of Aquia, Dept. of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Residence Spotsylvania County; student.
Served before the war as Lieutenant, Mercer Cavalry, which became Company E of the 9th Virginia Cavalry, C.S.A.
Enlisted on 7/22/1861, he was commissioned as a Lieutenant in Company I, 9th Virginia Cavalry.
Appointed 9/12/1861 to Field & Staff, 30th Virginia Infantry as Regimental Adjutant.
He resigned on 10/2/1862 on basis of "twenty negroe clause"; accepted twice: 10/27/1862 and 11/6/1862.
He was enlisted in Fauquier County on 11/10/1864 by Walter E. Frankland of (Mosby's) 43rd Battalion Cavalry for the duration of the war and mustered into Company F as a Private.
On 12/10/1864 Inspection Roll.
Paroled 4/22/1865 Winchester, VA.

Postwar he was Superintendant of Schools of Fredericksburg; Fredericksburg Masonic Lodge, No. 4, officer (S.); Fredericksburg Masonic Royal Arch Chapter, No. 23 of Masons, officer (S.); Fredericksburg Masonic Consistory, No. 8 of Masons, officer (I. G. S. and K. of S. & A.); insurance agent, office at 302 Commerce Street above Princess Anne Street; lived at 1202 Prince Edward Street, at the corner of Lewis; married to Elizabeth; daughters: Margaret, Mercer.

Mosby's Cavalry Regiment, formerly the 43rd Battalion, was organized in December, 1864. The battalion was formed in June, 1863, with five companies, later increased to eight. The unit served behind Federal lines in Northern Virginia and was the most effective command of its kind. The enemy forces were never safe and the area became known as "Mosby's Confederacy".

Bio by: BigFrench



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