Harvey Hoyt Cribbs
1832-1911

Harvey Hoyt Cribbs (1832-1911) (son of Daniel C. Cribbs, 1803-1891, and Amy Lee Lavergy)
Lieutenant, Lumsden's Artillery Battery, Company "F", 2nd Light Artillery Battalion 1861-63
Private, Company D, 2d Regiment Alabama Cavalry, 1864-65

Enlisted: Lumsden's Artillery Battery
    29 Nov 61, Tuscaloosa, Alabama by Capt Charles Lumsden, period "the war"
    3 Dec 63, Resigned

Enlisted: Company D, 2d Regiment Alabama Cavalry
March 1864 at Chattanooga, Tennessee
Served until end of war

Soldier Service Record:
On file National Archives: M-311 Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Roll #311/58.
On file State of Alabama Dept of Archives and History: General service statement from personal Statement in Census Tax Assessor, Tuscaloosa County 1907.

Pension Claims: None on file at National Archives. Alabama: None on file. No application made by Harvey or any of his survivors. (per State of Alabama Dept of Archives and History, 20 Jan 1998)

NOTES:
Service: Harvey Hoyt Cribbs 1861-1865
29 Nov 61 - Enlisted at Tuscaloosa, Alabama by Capt Charles Lumsden
16-31 Dec 61 - Absent recruiting "by order of Commanding General"
31 Dec 61 - 30 Apr 63 - Present with unit (31 Oct 62 - 28 Feb 63 signed muster as Battery Commander)
30 Apr 63 - 30 Jun 63 - Absent "after absentees by Order of General Bragg"
30 Jun 63 - 3 Dec 63 - Present with unit
Nov 63 - Pursued transfer to Quartermaster Service
3 Dec 63 - Resigned as Lieutenant, Lumsden's Artillery Battery
March 1864 - Enlisted Company D, 2d Regiment Alabama Cavalry at Chattanooga Tennessee
? - Detailed as Hudguntin Scout
1 Mar 1865 - Captured Black Oak South Carolina by General Potter (Report of prisoners of war confined in Northern District Dept of the South, report dated 27 April 1865 -, Headquarters Northern District, Dept of the South, Provost Marshal’s Office)
End of war - in prison at Charleston, South Carolina.

Unit history while Harvey assigned:
Lumsden's Artillery Battery, Company "F", 2nd Light Artillery Battalion (1861-1863 only)

Organization: Organized at Tuscaloosa on November 29, 1861. This company (battery) was recruited at Tuskaloosa, and reported, for duty at Mobile, November 1861, 125 strong. Stationed at Fort Gaines till after Shiloh, the battery relieved Gage's battery at Tupelo, and were given six guns. (Armaments: Six 6-lb Rifles, two of them Parrot Rifles, as of 19 April 1862); It was in the battle of Corinth, in the Kentucky and Tennessee campaigns. The Battery skirmished at Farmington, and fought at Perryville with small loss. At Chickamauga there were several casualties, and the battery lost a gun.

First Commander: Charles L. Lumsden (Captain)
Officers: Capt. Charles L. Lumsden; Lts. George Vaughan (made surgeon); H. H. Cribbs (resigned); G. H. Gargrove (wounded, Nashville); Ed Tarrant (resigned); A. C. Hargrove (wounded, Spanish Fort); John A. Caldwell (wounded, Spanish Fort)

Assignments: (1861-1863 only)

District of Alabama, Department of Alabama and West Florida (November t861- January 1862)
Army of Mobile, Department of Alabama and West Florida January-April 1862)
Chalmers' Brigade, Withers' Division, 2nd Corps, Army of the Mississippi, Department #2 (April-June 1862)
L. M. Walker's Brigade, 2nd Corps, Army of the Mississippi, Department #2 (June-July 1862)
Jones'-Anderson's Division, Army of the Mississippi, departments (July-August 1862)
T. M. Jones' Brigade, Anderson's Division, Left Wing, Army of the Mississippi, Department #2 (August-November 1862)
T. M. Jones' Brigade, Anderson's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Tennessee (November- December 1862)
Reserve Artillery Army of Tennessee (December 1862-November 1863)
Robertson's Battalion, Reserve Artillery, Army of Tennessee (November 1863-April 1864)

Battles: (1861-1863)

Corinth Campaign (April-June 1862)
Farmington (May 1862)
Perryville (October 8, 1862)
Murfreesboro(Dec 31,1862-Jan 3, 1863)Lieut Harvey H. Cribbs, Commanding
Tullahoma Campaign (June 1863)
Chickamauga (September 19-20, 1863)
Chattanooga Siege (September-November 1863)
Chattanooga (November 23-25, 1863)

Further Reading: History: George Little and James R. Maxwell / A History of Lumsden's Battery, C.S.A. (Tuscaloosa, AL : United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1905) [contains muster roll]

SOURCE: Compendium of the Confederate Armies Alabama, by Stewart Sifakis, 1992

Muster Roll: LUMSDEN’S BATTERY, ALABAMA LIGHT ARTILLERY

Officers

1. Charles L. LUMSDEN Capt.
George W. VAUGHN Sr. 1st Lt.
Harvey H. CRIBBS Jr. 2nd Lt.
Ebenezer H. HARGROVE Sr. 2nd Lt.
Edward TARRANT Jr. 2nd Lt.
Joseph Porter SKYES Cadet, CSA

Non-Commissioned Officers: Sergeants
George LITTLE Orderly Sgt.
John SNOW Quartermaster Sgt.
John A. CALDWELL Sgt., 1st Piece (later elected Lieutenant; James R. MAXWELL was appointed in his place)
Wiley G. W. HESTER` Sgt., 2nd Piece
Sam HAIRSTON Sgt., 3rd Piece
Horace Walpole MARTIN Sgt., 4th Piece
Andrew Coleman HARGROVE Sgt., 5th Piece
James L. MILLER Sgt., 6th Piece

Non-Commissioned Officers: Corporals
J. Wick BROWN 1st Cpl.
James CARDWELL 2nd Cpl.
Alex T. DEARING 3rd Cpl.
William HESTER 4th Cpl.
Thomas OWEN 5th Cpl.
Seth SHEPHERD 6th Cpl.

Privates

William B. APPLING
Unknown ATKINS
Thomas AUSTIN
William BATES
John P. BARTEE
William BARKER
Gideon BARRETT
Frank BARRETT
William BEATTY
Joseph BAUMEISTER
Belson BLACKSTOCK
Curtis BOOTH
David BOOTH
James BOOTH
William BRAUN
Dennis BRADY
Wade BROOKS
Newborne H. BROWNE
Unknown BULGER
Unknown BURLESON
Unknown CONNER
William COOPER
Unknown COSMER
Unknown COX
John S. CHANCELLOR
M. H. CHANCELLOR
Unknown CREEL
Unknown CROCKER
St. John CUMMINS
Morgan M. DARDEN
Peter DEASON
Washington DEASON
Unknown DEHART
Sirenus DELANO
Charles m. DONOHO
Henry DONOHO
John DRAKE
James EMERSON
E. P. EVANS
John EVANS
Henry ETHERIDGE
Thoms FAUCETT
Charles J. FIQUET
William FLEMING
Robert S. FOSTER
Robert Ware FOSTER
Unknown FRANKS
Unknown FRANKS
Unknown FRANKS
Unknown FRANKS
Unknown FRANKS
Unknown FULGHEM
R. M. GADDY
Abraham GARNER
John GARNER
Thomas GARNER
James GOODWIN
Unknown GOODWIN
Wyche GOODWIN
Unknown GRAHAM
Preston GRAYSON
Walter GUILD
Jacob GURLEY
John HALL
Joshua HALL
Zach HALL
John HAMMER
John W. HANEY
Arthur HARGROVE
Daniel HARGROVE
Rufus HARGROVE
Tenetus HARGROVE
Thomas J. HESTER
William C. HESTER
V. HIGBEE
Nathaniel HIGHSAW
Unknown HILDEBRAND
Dr. Unknown HILL
James HOGAN
Thomas HOLCOMB
John HORTON
Charles B. HOWARD
Daniel HOWARD
Thomas HUNTER
Unknown HOCUTT
John HYCHE
Perry HYCHE
Anthony HUGHES
William JENKINS
William H. JOHNSON
David JONES
James T. JONES
Lawrence JONES
Lewis KAHNWEILER
Daniel KELLY
Louis KELLY
Unknown KILGORE
Edward KING
Unknown KUYKENDALL
Unknown LASHLEY
Unknown LESLIE
Unknown LANE
K. Palmer LANNEAU
James LITTLE
John LITTLE, jr.
George LLOYD
John MADDOZ
William MALONE
Unknown MANER
John MENNING
James R. MAXWELL
Richard MAXWELL
Unknown MATTHEWS
Dennis MAHER
John MOLETTE
Dr. Unknown MOORE
William MORRIS
Unknown MILTON
Unknown MOSS
Joseph MOODY
James PARISH
Isaac MASON
Ambrose NIX
John NIX
Foster PARKER
Unknown PEARCE
John PEOPLES
C. Caleb PETERSON
J. W. POLLARD
Erwin P. POOL
Peter K. POST
Thomas W. POTTS
Unknown PAPIN
George RAY
Unknown RALEY
Unknown RENFRO
R. M. ROSSER
H. L. ROSSER
L. H. ROSSER
Joseph H. RYLAND
Unknown SADLER
Joseph SAMPLE
Unknown SARTAIN
John SAVAGE
R. SCRIVNER, sr.
R. SRCIVNER, jr.
James SCRIVNER
Benjamin F. SEXTON
Horace H. SEXTON
J. Mc. SHIVERS
R. F. SHUTTLESWORTH
David SHULTZ
Thomas J. SHULTZ
James T. SEARCY
J. Marion SIMS
George W. SMITH
Charles STALEY
Jack SUTTON
John SYKES
William TACKETT
John F. TARRANT
William TARRANT
A. J. THOMPSON
M. D. THOMPSON
Arthur THORNTON
J. T. THROWER
Unknown TINGLE
George TOOLE
Unknown TOWNSEND
Unknown TREHORN
John VANCE
William VANDIVER
Unknown WAITE
John WALKER
Robert G. WALKER
John WATKINS
Unknown WATKINS
John WEEMS
Unknown WHITE
Thomas J. WILBORN
Unknown WILDS
Unknown WILLIAMS
D. WINBORN
John WINN
William WOODRUFF
B. F. WOOLEY

Surgeons:
Unknown JARRATT
Unknown McMICHALL
Unknown MARLOWE
Unknown NICHOLAS
Unknown PERKINS

SUMMARY

Officers…………………………………………………………...6
Surgeons………………………………………………………….3
Officers, Non-Commissioned……………………………………14
Privates…………………………………………………………186
Names not recalled………………………………………………16
Total……………………………………………………………225

Lieutenant H. H. Cribbs’ report on Stone’s River Campaign from A compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies series I--volume XX/1 [s# 29]

Dec 26, 1862-Jan 5, 1863.--The Stone's River or Murfreesborough, Tenn., Campaign. No. 252.--Report of Lieut. Harvey H. Cribbs, Lumsden's (Alabama) battery.

BRIDGEPORT, ALA., January 10, 1863.
CAPTAIN I have the honor to report that on Sunday, December 28, 1862, I was ordered to report for duty with Brigadier-General Jackson's brigade, by Lieutenant-Colonel [J. H.] Hallollquist, chief of artillery Army of Tennessee, and on Monday morning the general assigned me a position near Captain Spence's residence, east of the Lebanon pike, and at 12 midnight I received an order to send the two rifled pieces of the battery to General Breckinridge's headquarters to report, which I did, under the command of Lieutenant Tarrant. He was ordered to the knoll on the east side of Stone's River, which position was ordered by General Bragg to he held, as it was a desirable position, from which place the two guns fired 200 rounds in the first of the engagement. One of the pieces had been dismounted at Perryville some time ago, and in the recoil the axle-tree gave way. It was replaced by one of the pieces taken from the enemy. The two rifled pieces were held in the reserve until we reached the river. The smooth-bore was kept with the brigade, and on Tuesday about noon I moved with the brigade to a position on the left of the Lebanon pike and 1 mile nearer the river.

On Wednesday about noon the section accompanied the brigade across Stone's River, when it was halted by General Jackson until it could secure a position while the brigade advanced. When the brigade became engaged, the section took a position on the hill near Cowan's house, and near the railroad, and fired 50 rounds, when the enemy removed the battery at which we had been firing, and night coming on, I moved down to the river, and on Thursday took a position again on the right, where entrenchment’s were thrown up.

On Friday I joined the brigade on the extreme left near the Wilsonville [Wilkinson or Nashville] pike, and at 12 [o'clock] that night moved to the Nashville pike, where the men remained until daylight exposed <ar29_843> to a drenching rain after which we moved to the extreme right again, and at midnight Saturday we moved through Murfreesborough to the Nashville pike, marched until Sunday evening, exposed again to the severity of the weather.

The damage done by the firing of the battery--I cannot say what damage was done to the enemy; it is said that one of the rifled pieces blew up a caisson. I am happy to say that no damage whatever was done to the battery by the shots of the enemy. The men all behaved with coolness, and with a determination to do what was in their power to drive back the enemy of our country.

Respectfully submitted.

HARVEY H. CRIBBS,
Lumsden's Batt.
A compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies series series I--volume XXXI/2 [s# 55]
Nov 23-27, 1863.--The Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign. No. 218.--Organization of the Army of Tennessee, General Braxton Bragg, C. S. Army, commanding, November 20, 1863.(*)
WHEELER'S CAVALRY CORPS.(**)

Maj. Gen. JOSEPH WHEELER.

RESERVE ARTILLERY.(*)

Maj. FELIX H. ROBERTSON.

 Missouri Battery, Capt. Overton W. Barret.
Georgia Battery (Havis'), Lieut. James R. Duncan.
Alabama Battery (Lumsden's), Lieut. Harvey H. Cribbs.
Georgia Battery, Capt. Thomas L. Massenburg.

Co D, 2d Regt Alabama Cavalry

Organization: (1864-1865 only)
 (Organized and mustered into Confederate service for three years or the war at Montgomery on  May 1, 1862)
The 2d fought Union Grierson at Okalona with a loss of about 70 men killed and wounded; then it harassed General William T. Sherman on his march to and from Mississippi.  Joining General Wheeler, the performed arduous duty on the flank of the Army in the Dalton-Atlanta campaign, losing a number of men in the battle on the 22d of July at Atlanta.  Having accompanied General John Bell hood to Rome, the 2d then fell on Sherman’s rear and skirmished almost daily with some losses.  The regiment tracked Sherman to Greensboro, North Carolina.

Assignments: (1864-1865 only)
Ferguson's Brigade, Jackson's Division, Lee's Cavalry Corps, Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana (January·May 1864)
Ferguson's Brigade, Jackson's Division, Army of Mississippi (May·July 1864)
Ferguson's Brigade, Jackson's Cavalry Division, Army of Tennessee (July-October 1864)
Ferguson's Brigade, Iverson's-Young's Division, Wheeler's Cavalry Corps, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida (December 1864-February 1865)
Ferguson's Brigade, Young's Division, Wheeler's Cavalry Corps, Hampton's Cavalry Command (February-April 1865)

Battles: (1864-1865 only)
Atlanta Campaign (May-September 1864)
Atlanta (July 22, 1864)
Atlanta Siege (July-September 1864)
Savannah Campaign (November-December 1864)
Carolinas Campaign (February~April 1865)

References:

Photograph

source: http://www.tarleton.edu/activities/pages/facultypages/jones/alarty.html#Lumsden-Arty

USAMHI http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/CivilWar/CWUnits/al.cs/

Lumsden's Battery Alabama Artillery:
Brewer, Willis. Brief Historical Sketches of Military Organizations Raised in Alabama During the Civil War. Montgomery, AL: AL CW Centennial Comm, 1962. pp. 702-03 (2 photocopied pages). E551.4B74. (Brief history and roster of officers).

Confederate Military History, Extended Edition. Vol. 8: Alabama. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot,1987. pp. 329-30 (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 p. 38 (1 photocopied page) for a concise summary of the battery's service.

Daniel, Larry J. Cannoneers in Gray: The Field Artillery of the Army of Tennessee, l86l-l865. University, AL: Univ of AL Pr, 1984. 234 p. E547T3D36.1984. Contains information on battery's service.

Little, George. A History of Lumsden's Battery, C.S.A. Tuscaloosa, AL: R.E. Rhodes Chapter, U.D.C., l905. 70 p. E55l.8.LUM.L5- Rare Bk.

2d Regt Alabama Cavalry:
USAMHI http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/CivilWar/CWUnits/al.cs/cav/2cav.htm

Brewer, Willis. Brief Historical Sketches of Military Organizations Raised in Alabama During the

Civil War. Montgomery, AL: AL CW Centennial Comm, 1962. pp. 678-79 (2 photocopied pages). E551.4B74. (Brief history and roster of officers).

Confederate Military History, Extended Edition. Vol. 8: Alabama. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot, 1987. pp. 254-27 (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 p. 3 (1 photocopied page) for a concise summary of the regiment's service.

Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Alabama. NY: Facts on File, 1992. pp. 29-30 (2 photocopied pages). E551S53.1992 (Unit organizational history).

USAMHI Photo Archive includes images of individuals of this unit.

Harriet Fitts Ryan. "The letters of Harden Perkins Cochrane, 1862-1864," in Alabama Review, VII (1954), pp. 277-294; VIII (1955), pp 55-70, 143-152, 219-228 and 277-290.

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