Hardy Otis Cribbs 1847-before 1910 (son of Daniel C. Cribbs, 1803-1891, and Amy Lee Lavergy)
Private
Company K and G, 20th Alabama Infantry
Enlisted: date and location unknown

Soldier Service Record: On file National Archives (limited information): M-311 Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Roll #278

Pension Claim: Not on file at National Archives:
Alabama ?
Invalid claim: Application Certificate
Widow claim: Application Certificate

NOTES:
Service: Only data on file:

2 May 1865 Paroled at Salisbury, North Carolina
Paroled IAW terms of a Military Convention entered into on 26^th April 1865, between General Joseph E. Johnson, Commanding Confederate Army, and Major General W.T. Sherman, Commanding USA in North Carolina." (Regiment surrendered at Salisbury, 9 April 1865)

Hardy Otis description at time of parole:
    Height: 5’ 8’’
    Hair: light
    Eyes: grey

Assignments:
OCT 61-JAN 62 - District of Alabama, Department of Alabama and West Florida
JAN-FEB 62 - Army of Mobile, Department of Alabama and West Florida
MAY-JUN 62 - Barton’s Brigade, Department of East Tennessee
JUN-OCT 62 - Reynold’s Brigade, Stevenson’s Division, Department of East Tennessee
OCT-DEC 62 - Tracy’s Brigade, McCown’s Division, Department of East Tennessee
DEC 62- JAN 63 - Tracy’s BDE, 2d Military District, Dept of Mississippi and East Louisiana
JAN-JUL 63 - Tracy’s BDE, Stevenson’s Division, Dept of Mississippi and East Louisiana
NOV 63 - FEB 64 - Pettus’ BDE, Stevenson’s Division, 1^st Corps, Army of Tennessee
FEB 64- Apr 65 - Pettus’ BDE, Stevenson’s Division, 2d Corps, Army of Tennessee

Battles:
18 June 1862 - Cumberland Gap
27-29 December 1862 - Chickasaw Bayou
2-25 April 1863 - Greenville Expedition (detachment)
May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
1 May 1863 - Port Gibson
16 May 1863 - Champion Hill
May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Siege
September - November 1863 - Chattanooga Siege
23-25 November 1863 - Chattanooga
May - September 1864 - Atlanta Campaign
5-11 May 1864 - Rocky Face Ridge
25 May - 4 June 1864 - New Hope Church
27 June 1864 - Kenneasaw mountain
22 July 1864 - Atlanta
July - September 1864 - Atlanta Siege
31 August - 1 September 1864 - Jonesboro
February - April 1865 - Carolinas Campaign
7-10 March 1865 - Kinston
19-21 March 1865 - Bentonville

9 April 1865- Regiment surrendered at Salisbury, about 165 rank and file of the original 1100 men with which the 20th took the field. At the close of the war, the 20th was consolidated with the 30th Infantry Regiment at Smithfield.

Regimental History

The 20th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Montgomery, with recruits from Bibb, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Perry, Russell, Tuscaloosa, and Washington counties, on 16 September 1861. Proceeding to Mobile in November and to Knoxville in February 1862, the regiment was placed under Gen'l Danville Leadbetter of Mobile. Transferred to Gen'l Seth M. Barton's Brigade, the 20th operated for some time in east Tennessee and advanced into Kentucky with Gen'l Kirby Smith, being in Gen'l Alexander Reynolds' Brigade, Henry Heth's Division. It was in the pursuit of Union Gen'l Joshua W. Sill along the Salt River and joined Gen'l Braxton Bragg just after the Battle of Perryville. The regiment was in Col. T. H. Taylor's Brigade for a short time, but shortly after the return to Tennessee, a brigade of Alabamians was organized, the 20th, 23rd, 30th, 31st, and 46th regiments, and placed under Gen'l Edward D. Tracy of Madison, and in Carter Stevenson's Division. A few days prior to the Battle of Murfreesboro, the division was sent to Vicksburg, and the regiment fought at Port Gibson the following spring, losing heavily in casualties. At Baker's Creek it again suffered severely, and was then at Vicksburg. During the siege there, the ranks of the 20th were greatly thinned, and it was surrendered with the fortress. After the fall of Gen'l Tracy at Port Gibson, Gen'l Stephen D. Lee of South Carolina commanded the brigade, until Gen'l Edmund Pettus of Dallas was placed over it in the parole camp at Demopolis. Ordered to join Gen'l Bragg, the 20th participated in the battle of Missionary Ridge without loss. The winter was passed at Dalton, and the regiment was engaged in the constant fighting from Dalton to Atlanta, being conspicuous at Rocky Face Ridge, and losing heavily at Kennesaw. It participated at Jonesboro, suffering severely. It moved into Tennessee with Gen'l John Bell Hood, and lost heavily at Nashville. From that field, the 20th passed into North Carolina and fought at Kinston and Bentonville. It was surrendered at Salisbury, about 165 rank and file of the original 1100 men with which the 20th took the field. At the close of the war, the 20th was consolidated with the 30th Infantry Regiment at Smithfield, 9 April 1865.

Field and staff officers: Cols. Robert T. Jones (Perry; transferred); Isham Warren Garrott (Perry; promoted; KIA, Vicksburg); Edmund Winston Pettus (Dallas; promoted); James M. Dedman (Dallas; wounded, Franklin); Lt. Cols. Isham Warren Garrott (promoted); Edmund Winston Pettus (captured, Port Gibson, and escaped; promoted); James M. Dedman (promoted); Mitchell Thomas Porter (Jefferson; resigned, 23 Sept 1864); John W. Davis (Shelby; wounded, Rocky Face Ridge, Marietta); Majors Edmund Winston Pettus (promoted); Alfred S. Pickering (Perry; KIA, Port Gibson); James M. Dedman (promoted); Mitchell Thomas Porter (promoted); John W. Davis (wounded, Marietta; promoted); John G. Harris (Greene); and Adjutants John S. Smith (Dallas; promoted to brigade adjutant); Francis M. Vance (Dallas)

Captains and counties from which the companies came: Co. "A" (Perry County): Alfred S. Pickering (promoted); Leroy E. Davis Co. "B" (Dallas and Bibb counties): James M. Dedman (wounded, Vicksburg; promoted); Thomas K. Ferguson Co. "C" (Jefferson County): Mitchell Thomas Porter (promoted); George W. Ayres (KIA, Jonesboro); Andrew J.Tarrant Co. "D" (Bibb County): Richard Hobson Pratt (captured, Port Gibson, and never exchanged); Lt. William F. Lowrey (transferred to Co. "H") Co. "E" (Greene County): Robert E. Watkins (resigned, 2 Aug 62); John McKee Gould (detailed to Gen'l Pettus' staff); 1st Lt. James T. Smith Co. "F" (Perry and Bibb counties): Lucius J. Lockett (resigned, 2 Aug 62) William H. Sheppard (resigned, 23 Dec 62); Chapman A. Spencer; Isaac W. Parish Co. "G" (Shelby, Bibb, and Jefferson counties): John W. Davis (promoted); Rufus Monroe De Shazo (resigned, 29 April 1864); George S. Nave (wounded, Marietta; resigend, 18 Dec 64) Co. "H" (Perry and Bibb counties): John P. Peterson (resigned, 18 Nov 61); Samuel W. Davidson Co. "I" (Greene County): John G. Harris (promoted); Albert M. Avery (retired, 2 Nov 64); Noah H. Garvin Co. "K" (Tuscaloosa County): Joseph C. Guild (resigned, 2 Aug 62); Benjamin D. Massingale

Tracy's (Pettus') Brigade :
Commanders: Edward Dorr Tracy , Stephen Dill Lee, Edmund W. Pettus

Regiments:
Tracy's (Pettus') Brigade consisted of the 20th, 23rd, 30th, 31st, and 46thAlabama Infantry Regiments.

References:

History: Hattie Eunice Williams / A brief history of Company C, 20h Alabama regiment of the War between the States (Birmingham, AL; 193?) 16 pp.

Source: http://www.tarleton.edu/activities/pages/facultypages/jones/tracy.html#20th-Inf

USAMHI RefBranch 20th Alabama Infantry

http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/CivilWar/CWUnits/al.cs/inf/20inf.htm

Brewer, Willis. Brief Historical Sketches of Military Organizations Raised in Alabama During the Civil War. Montgomery, AL: AL CW Centennial Comm, 1962. pp. 621-22 (1 photocopied page). E551.4B74. (Brief history and roster of officers).

Confederate Military History, Extended Edition. Vol. 8: Alabama. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot, 1987. pp. 120-22 (2 photocopied pages). E484C65.1987v8. (Brief unit history).

Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States Army. Midlothian, VA: Derwent Books, 1987. Ref. See pp. 17-18 (2 photocopied pages) for a concise summary of the regiment's service.

Elkins, Vera D., ed. Letters From a Civil War Soldier. [Jasper E. James] NY: Vantage Pr, l969. 61 p. E605J3.

Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Alabama. NY: Facts on File, 1992. pp. 85-86 (2 photocopied pages). E551S53.1992 (Unit organizational history).