George Washington Cribbs

1840-1914

George Washington Cribbs 1840-1914 (son of Peter Cribbs, 1803-1878, and Catherine Milliron)

Company F, 55th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry Militia Volunteers

Commanded by COL R. B. McComb

Private

Enlisted: June 27, 1863

Discharged: August 26, 1863 at Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, mustered out with unit

Soldier Service Record: No file in National Archives (served less than 3 months)

Pension Claim: On file National Archives:

Invalid claim: 20 March 1893 Application 148.218 PA

Contracted Typhoid fever at Parkersbury, West Virginia

NOTES:

Service:

55th REGIMENT PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY MILITIA VOLUNTEERS
 Organized at Pittsburgh June 27, 1863. Duty in Pennsylvania during Lee's invasion and in the Dept. of West Virginia. Attached to Wilkinson's Brigade, Scammon's Division. Mustered out August 26, 1863.

George: Description in 1893 at age 53

Occupation: farmer

Height: 5’10’’

Complexion: fair

Hair: light

Eyes: blue

 Reference:

Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Pt 3. Dayton, OH: Morningside, 1979. A concise summary of the regiment's service.

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