Joseph Cribbs

1846-aft 1922

Joseph Cribbs 1846-aft 1922 (son of John Cribbs and Peninah Tax married 1845)

Co C, 1st Battalion Pennsylvania Cavalry (no record of this service)

Private

Company A, 14th Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry

Private March 1864

Corporal January 1865

Quartermaster Sergeant 26 May 1865

Company E, 3d US Light Artillery 1867-1870 post war service

Private

Enlisted 11 March 1864 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for 3 years

Discharged (Civil War service) 2 November 1865 at Fort Leavenworth Kansas

Soldier Service Record: On file National Archives:

8 July 1863 - 26 December 1863: Co C, 1st Battalion Pennsylvania Cavalry

(COL Dale’s Independent Battalion) - no record of service on file at National Archives

11 March 1864 - Enlisted in Co A, 14th PA CAV

18 April 1864 assigned to Co A, 14th PA CAV

18 April 1864 - 2 November 1865 - Present with unit

2 November 1865 - Muster-out (Civil War serve)

1867- 2 January 1870 - Served in Company E, 3d US Light Artillery, Fort Leavenworth Kansas

Pension Claim: On file National Archives:

Invalid claim: 17 OCT 1891 Application 1066600 Certificate 815631

NOTES:

Service: While Joseph was assigned to Co A, 14th Regt Penn Vol Cavalry

14th REGIMENT PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY (159th VOLUNTEERS)
 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, Dept. West Virginia, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, West Virginia, to June, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, West Virginia, to August, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, August, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, West Virginia, to April, 1865. 1st Separate Brigade, 22nd Corps, Dept. of Washington, to June, 1865. Dept. of Missouri to August, 1865.

SERVICE-- Winchester March 22 and April 8, 1864. Sigel's Expedition from Martinsburg to New Market April 23-May 16 (Detachment). Averill's Raid on Virginia & Tennessee Railroad May 5-19. Grassy Lick, Cove Mountain, near Wytheville, May 10. New River Bridge May 10. New Market May 15 (Detachment). Hunter's Expedition to Lynchburg May 26-July 1. Piedmont, Mount Crawford, June 5. Occupation of Staunton June 6. (Detachment with Sigel rejoined Regiment at Staunton.) Lexington June 11. Scout around Lynchburg June 13-15. Near Buchanan June 13. New London June 16. Diamond Hill June 17. Lynchburg June 17-18. Liberty June 19. Buford's Gap June 20. Catawba Mountains and about Salem June 21. Liberty June 22. Moved to the Shenandoah Valley July. Buckton July 17. Stephenson's Depot July 20. Newtown July 22. Kernstown, Winchester, July 24. Near Martinsburg July 25. Hagerstown July 29. Hancock, Md., July 31. Antietam Ford August 4. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August to November. Near Moorefield August 7. Williamsport, Md., August 26. Martinsburg August 31. Bunker Hill September 2-3. Winchester September 5. Darkesville September 10. Bunker Hill September 13. Near Berryville September 14. Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Mount Jackson September 23-24. Forest Hill or Timberville September 24. Brown's Gap September 26. Weyer's Cave September 26-27. Mount Jackson October 3 (Detachment). Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Dry Run October 23 (Detachment). Milford October 25-26. Cedar Creek November 8. Nineveh November 12. Rude's Hill November 23. Snicker's Gap November 30. Millwood December 17 (Detachment). Expedition from Winchester to Gordonsville December 19-28. Madison C. H. December 21. Liberty Mills December 22. Near Gordonsville December 23. At Winchester till April, 1865. Expedition into Loudoun County February 18-19 (Detachment). Expedition to Ashby's Gap February 19. Operations in the valley till April 20. Ordered to Washington, D.C., April 20, and duty there till June. Grand Review May 28-24. Moved to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., June, and duty in the District of the Plains till August. Mustered out August 24, 1865.

1861-1865 - Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 97 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 296 Enlisted men by disease. Total 395.

Joseph: Description in 1864 at enlistment age 18

Occupation: laborer

Height: 5’7’’

Complexion: dark

Hair: brown

Eyes: brown
 
 

References:

USAMHI

RefBranch

laf;dan Apr 92

14th Pennsylvania Cavalry

(159th Regiment)

Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot,

1993. Vol. 8, pp. 851-97 (24 photocopied pages). E527B32.1993v8. (Brief history and roster of the regiment).

Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Vol. 2. Dayton, OH:

Morningside, 1979. Ref. See p. 1564-65 (2 photocopied pages) for a concise summary of the regiment's service.

Sauers, Richard A. Advance the Colors!: Pennsylvania Civil War Battle Flags. Vol. 2. Hbg, PA:

Capitol Preservation Comm, 1991. pp. 463-64 (2 photocopied pages). E527.4S38.1991v2.

(Brief unit history with emphasis on the regimental flags).

Taylor, Frank H. Philadelphia in the Civil War. Phila: By the City, 1913. p. 174 (1 photocopied

page). E527.97P54T39. (Brief history of the unit).

Our Photo Archive includes images of individuals of this unit.

The following pertinent personal papers are in the Institute's Manuscript Archive:

Artman, Albert - CWMiscColl (Corporal's diary and memoir, Mar 3, l864-Dec 27, l865)

Frazier, Henry D. - Papers (Sergeant and officer's letters and official papers, Dec 20, l862-Jul

l0, l865)

Jefferds, Charles L. Papers (Enlisted man's letter and papers, Jul l0, l863-May 30, l865)

Reges, Francis A.D. - CWMiscColl (Enlisted man's transcribed letters and papers, Dec 26,

l862-May 3l, l865)

VanDyke, William H. - PaSaveFlagsColl (Enlisted man's letter, Feb l2, l865)

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