Andrew Jackson Cribbs
1837-1862


 

Andrew Jackson Cribbs 1837-1862 (son of George Cribbs, 1798-1866, and Jane Barr)
Co H, 26th Iowa Infantry
Private
Enlisted at DeWitt, Iowa (Clinton County) on 14 August 1862 for three years
Died at Lyons, Iowa 13 Dec 62 of Typhoid Fever

Soldier Service Record: On file National Archives
14 Aug 62- 20 Oct 62 - present with unit
20 Oct 62 - 13 Dec 62 - Absent sick at DeWitt, Iowa
13 Dec 62 - Died of Typhoid Fever, Lyons, Iowa.

Pension Claim: None on file National Archives.

NOTES:

Andrew - description at time of enlistment in 1862:
Age: 26
Born: Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Occupation: Farmer
Height: 5’11"
Complexion: light
Eyes: gray
Hair: brown

26th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry 1862 (during Andrews enlistment)
 Organized at Clinton and mustered in September 30, 1862. Moved to St. Louis, Mo., thence to Helena, Ark., October, 1862. Attached to District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. Missouri, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. Tennessee, to December, 1862.

1862-1865: Regiment lost during service, 6 Officers and 70 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 213 Enlisted men by disease. Total 293

References:

USAMHI

http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/CivilWar/CWUnits/ia/inf/26inf.htm

Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Vol. 2. Dayton, OH: Morningside, 1979. Ref. See pp. 1175-76 (2 photocopied pages) for a concise summary of the regiment's service.

Ingersoll, Lurton D. Iowa and the Rebellion.... Phila: Lippincott, 1867. E507I47.

See pp. 528-38 (6 photocopied pages) for a brief history of the regiment.

Iowa. AGO. Roster and Records of Iowa Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion Together With Historical Sketches of Volunteer Organizations, 1861-1865. Vol. 3. Des Moines, IA: E.H. English, 1908. UA43I82v3. Pages 1015-1112 Contain a roster of the regiment which is too lengthy to photocopy in its entirety. A brief regimental history, found on pages 1017-27, can be reproduced onto 6 photocopied pages.

Stuart, Addison. Iowa Colonels and Regiments.... Des Moines, IA: Mills, 1865. E507S92. See pp. 415-20 (4 photocopied pages) for biographical sketches of the unit commander(s).

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