NOTES:
Service:
15 May 1862 - Jul 63 - Present with unit
25 Jul 63 - 9 Aug 63 - Furlough
Aug 63 - Apr 64 - Present with unit
25 Jun 64 - Absent Sick: Admitted to General Hospital Petersburg, VA
30 Jun 64 - Admitted to General Hospital Howard’s Grove Richmond, VA.
10 Jul 64 - Admitted to General Hospital Lynchburg VA
2 Oct 64 – Admitted to General Hospital Howard’s Grove Richmond, VA.
1 Sep 64 -  Feb 65 - Absent Sick General Hospital Lynchburg VA
            (Complaint - Febria Remittens - Reoccurring fevers)
6 Feb 65 - Absent without leave
11 May 65 - Signed Loyalty Oath in Madison Florida
Derrill’s - Physical description at surrender: Height: 5’?” Eyes: hazel  Hair: dark
               Complexion:  dark

Family note:  Of Covington Brannick Cribbs’ 10 sons, six served in the Confederate Army. Darrell, Owen, and Jordan served together in the same Companies within the 1st Special Battalion Florida Infantry and then within the 10th Florida Infantry Regiment.  Darrell signed statements in Owen’s 1897 and 1909 Florida State pension applications and signed a statement of service for Jordan’s 1901 Florida State pension application.  Darrell also signed a statement of service for Owen’s wife, Ruthie Jane Cribbs’ Florida State Widow’s Pension Claim in 1915.  Written on Darrell's tombstone: "C O B 10 FLA Inf. CSA"

1st Special Battalion Florida Infantry & 10th Florida Infantry Regiment Infantry History
The First Florida Special Battalion entered Confederate service at Fernandina in September 1861. The unit, initially commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Daniel P. Holland, served first as heavy artillery before being reorganized as infantry on 13 Nov 1861. Charles Hopkins became commander in May 1862 and would serve until the end of the war.
After the evacuation of Amelia Island and Fernandina, the battalion served at various points in north Florida during 1862-1863. It participated in the actions at St. Johns Bluff in September-October 1862 and Jacksonville in March 1863. Various companies also guarded the Apalachicola River from Union attack. In the summer of 1863 the First Battalion was ordered to reinforce the defenses at Savannah, Georgia, but the unit would return to Florida in time to defend the state against the Federal invasion in early 1864. The First Battalion entered the battle of Olustee with approximately 400 enlisted men and twenty officers. The unit was held in reserve until the latter part of the battle when, according to a participant, it "went to the rescue of General Colquitt." The men "went in double-quick time" and "struck right in the center of the battle." Lieutenant Colonel Charles F. Hopkins commanded the battalion, which suffered official casualties of three killed and forty seven wounded. After the battle the unit stayed in Florida until the spring of 1864, when it was sent to reinforce the Army of Northern Virginia. In June the First Battalion, along with four companies from the Second Florida Infantry Battalion, consolidated together into the new Tenth Florida Infantry Regiment. The Tenth fought through the Petersburg Campaign of 1864-1865 and surrendered 154 men at Appomattox.

1st Special Battalion Florida Infantry Assignments:
Sep 61 - Nov 62 - Department of Middle and East Florida
Nov 62 - Aug 63 - District of Middle Florida, Dept of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida
Aug 63 - Feb 64 - District of Georgia, Dept of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida
Feb 64 - 2nd Brigade District of East Florida, Dept of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida
Feb 64- May 64 - District of Florida, Dept of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida
May-Jun 1864 - Finegan’s Brigade, Mahone’s Division, 3d Corps, Army of Northern
     Virginia

10th Florida Infantry Regimental Assignments:
Jun 64 - Apr 65 - Perry’s-Finegan’s Brigade, Anderson’s-Mahone’s Division, 3d Corps,
Army of Northern Virginia

Battles, 1st Special Battalion Florida Infantry
11 Sep 62 - St. John’s Bluff, Florida (one company)
20 Feb 64 - Olustee
1-3 Jun 64 - Cold Harbor

Battles, 10th Florida Infantry Regiment:
Jun 64 - Apr 65- Petersburg Siege
23 Jun 64 - Weldon Railroad
30 Jun 64 - Ream’s Station (Derrill not present with unit)
21 Aug 64 - Weldon Railroad (Derrill not present with unit)
9 Dec 64 - Bellfield (Derrill not present with unit)
5-7 Feb 65 - Hatcher’s Run (Derrill not present with unit)
7 Apr 65 - Farmville (Derrill not present with unit)
9 Apr 65 - Appomattox Court House (Derrill not present with unit)

References:
USAMHI RefBranch Infantry :
http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/CivilWar/CWUnits/al.cs/inf/11inf.htm
USAMHI
 

1st Special Battalion Florida Infantry
NOTE:  Organized Fall 1861; consolidated with 4 companies of 2d FL Inf Bn & designated 10th FL Inf

Crute, Joseph H., Jr.  Units of the Confederate States Army.  Midlothian, VA:  Derwent
Press, 1987.  Ref. See p. 73 (1 photocopied page) for a concise summary of the battalion's
service.

Hillhouse, Don.  "From Olustee to Appomattox:  The 1st Florida Special Battalion."  CW Regts  Vol. 3, No 1:  pp. 64-77 (7 photocopied pages).  Per.

______.  Heavy Artillery & Light Infantry:  A History of the 1st Florida Special Battalion & 10th Infantry Regiment, C.S.A.  Jacksonville, FL:  By the Author, 1992.  282 p.  E558.7.1st.H55.1992.

Sifakis, Stewart.  Compendium of the Confederacy:  Florida and Arkansas.  NY:  Facts on File, 1992.  pp. 13-14 (2 photocopied page).  E553S53.1992.  (Unit organizational history).

Waters, Zack C.  "All That Brave Men Could Do:  Joseph Finegan's Florida Brigade at Cold Harbor."  CW Regts  Vol. 3, No. 4:  pp. 1-23 (12 photocopied pages). Per.

10th Florida Infantry
Confederate Military History, Extended Edition.  Vol. 16:  Florida.  Wilmington, NC:  Broadfoot, 1989.  pp. 161-162 (2 photocopied pages).  E484C65.1987v16.  (Brief unit history).

Crute, Joseph H., Jr.  Units of the Confederate States Army.  Midlothian, VA:  Derwent
Press, 1987.  Ref. See p. 78 (1 photocopied page) for a concise summary of the regiment's
service.

Dorman, G. H.  Fifty Years Ago:  Reminiscences of '61-65.  Tallahassee, FL:  T.J. Appleyard, 1912.  15 p. (7 photocopied pages).  E558.5.10th.R68.1912a.

Florida.  Dept of Mil Affairs.  Archives Research, 10th Florida Infantry, CSA:  Special Archives Publication Number 144.  St. Augustine, FL:  By the State, 1992.  ca 75 p.  E558.5.10th.H54.1992.

Hartman, David W., & Coles, David, comps.  Biographical Rosters of Florida's Confederate and Union Soldiers, 1861-1865.   Wilmington, NC:  Broadfoot, 1995.  E558.3H37.1995.  See Vol. 3, pp. 986-1083 for biographical sketches of unit personnel.

Hillhouse, Don.  Heavy Artillery & Light Infantry:  A History of the 1st Florida Special Battalion & 10th Infantry Regiment, C.S.A.  Jacksonville, FL:  By the Author, 1992.  282 p.  E558.7.1st.H55.1992.

Florida.  Board of State Institutions.  Soldiers of Florida in the Seminole Indian, Civil and Spanish American Wars.  Macclenny, FL:  R. J. Ferry, 1983.  E558.3F63.1983.
See pp. 219-236 (10 photocopied pages) for a roster and brief history of the regiment.

Sifakis, Stewart.  Compendium of the Confederacy:  Florida and Arkansas.  NY:  Facts on File, 1992.  p. 25 (1 photocopied page).  E553S53.1992.  (Unit organizational history).