James Edwin Cribbs 1841-1922 (son of George Cribbs, 1809-1845, and Elizabeth Knisely)
Co A, 51^st Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Private
Enlisted: at New Philadelphia Ohio on 7 Sept 1861 for three years
Discharged: Mustered out 23 March 1865, Columbus, Ohio on expiration of term of service.

Soldier Service Record: On file National Archives:
Sept 1861- 26 August 1862 - Present with unit
26 August 1862 - Absent sick at Murfreesboro, Tenn
7 Sept 1862 - Absent sick at Nashville Tenn
7 Dec 1862 - 30 Jun 1863 - Detailed as clerk at 3d Division Headquarters

(10 March 1863 - 10 April 1863 Absent sick at Murfreesboro, Tenn)

7 May 1863 - 3 May 1864 - Detailed as clerk at HQ 2 Brigade, 1^st Division, 4^th Army Corps (18 OCT 1863 order General Whitaker)
3 May 1864 - 6 July 1864 - Detailed with Ambulance Corps
7 July 1864 - Taken prisoner at Vining Station, GA (near Altanta GA) while on duty with Ambulance Train
7 July 1864 - 28 Feb 65 - Prisoner, paroled at W. E. Ferry North Carolina
14 March 1865 - Reported to Camp Parole, Maryland
15 March 1865 - Arrived Camp Chase, Ohio
23 March 1865 - Mustered out - Columbus, Ohio

Pension Claim: On file National Archives:
    Invalid claim: 23 June 1880 Application 383964 Certificate 454.697
    Widow claim: (Emma) 22 APR 1922 Application 1188438Certificate 920.975 Colorado

NOTES:

Service: While James was present with Regiment:

SERVICE.--Duty at Camp Wickliffe, Ky., till February, 1862. Expedition down the Ohio River to reinforce General Grant, thence to Nashville, Tenn., February 14-25. Occupation of Nashville February 25. Provost duty there till July 9 1862.

1861-1865: Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 108 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 233 Enlisted men by disease. Total 346.

History: This Regiment was organized October, 3, 1861, under Colonel Fitzgerald, who having resigned, Colonel Stanley Matthews took command. The 51st went to Kentucky in November, and in February 1862, moved to Nashville. It operated against Bragg, and was present at Perryville. At Stone River it fought with fearful loss, and at Chickamauga performed splendid service. It participated in the storming of Lookout Mountain and the victory at Mission Ridge. In May, 1864, the Regiment joined Sherman's Atlanta campaign, taking part in all the great battles; followed Hood north into Tennessee; fighting under Thomas at Nashville, and joined the pursuit of Hood south. In March, 1865, it moved into East Tennessee, and in April back to Nashville where it was soon transferred to Texas, performing arduous duty until mustered out in November, 1865.

SOURCE: http://www.infinet.com/~lstevens/a/cw51.html

References:

SOURCE: http://www.infinet.com/~lstevens/a/cw51.html

References for this Unit see also Bibliography of State-Wide References:
Ohio In The War-Volume II. Whitelaw Reid. Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin, Cincinnati 1868

The Capture and Prison Life in Rebeldom for Fourteen Months of Simon Helwig: Late Private Co. F 51st O.V.I.. Simon Helwig. Bixler Printing Co. Canal Dover (?) Ohio 18__?

Instantaneous Rigor-Mortis Occasionally Occurring and Observed Upon the Battlefield. By Lieut. Charles Gentsch, M.D. First Lieutenant and Quartermaster 51st O.V.I.. A Paper read before the Ohio Commandery of the Loyal Legion, December 4, 1907. NP Cincinnati 1907

Orson Brainard: a Soldier in the Ranks. Orson Brainard. Co. K. 51st O.V.I. Letters edited by Wilford W. Black. Ohio History. Pgs. 54-72. The Ohio Historical Society. Winter Spring 1967

The 51st Ohio Volunteer Infantry (OVI): A Regimental History. by Fred McDavitt. The Civil War Diary of Second Lt. Isreal Correll of the 51st O.V.I..From: Civil War, The Magazine of the Civil War Society. Volume XII, ISBN# 0-939685-03-5. The Country Publishers, Inc. 1988 51st OVI Page. by Grace-Marie Moore Hackwell. 1997.