Luther Cribbs

(1834-1862)

Luther Cribbs (1834-1862) (son of Sarah Jane Cribbs, 1803-1839, and John Cribbs)

Company C, 103d Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

detached to Division Artillery duty with 8th Independent New York Light Artillery Battery

Private

Enlisted: September 16, 1861 at Kittanning, Pennsylvania for 3 years

Died: of typhoid fever aboard the sick transport Steamship "C. Vanderbelt"

August 6, 1862 on James River

Soldier Service Record: On file National Archives:

September 16, 1861-March 1862 with Co C, 103d PVI

March 1862 - Detached to 8th Independent New York Light Artillery

August 1, 1862 - Admitted to General Field Hospital at Harrison’s Landing, VA

August 5, 1862 - Received aboard sick transport "C. Vanderbelt"

August 6, 1862 - Died aboard transport on James River enroute from Harrison’s Landing to Philadelphia Hospital

Pension Claim: On file National Archives:

Widow claim: 24 FEB 1863 Application 13608 Certificate 793.699

Minor claim: 28 Jan 1868 Application 157.066 Certificate 142.287

NOTES:

Service: While Luther was present in units:

103rd REGIMENT PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.
 Organized at Kittanning September 7, 1861, to February 22, 1862. Moved to Harrisburg, Pa., February 24; thence to Washington, D.C. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1862

SERVICE.--Advance On Manassas, Va., March 10-15, 1862. Ordered to the Peninsula March 28. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4 1862.

1861-1865: Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 50 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 352 Enlisted men by disease. Total 406.

8th INDEPENDENT BATTERY NEW YORK LIGHT ARTILLERY
 Attached to Casey's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1862. Artillery Reserve, 4th Army Corps, Yorktown, Va., to June, 1863.

SERVICE.--Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862. Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula March. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Operations about Bottom's Bridge May 20-24. Battle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks May 31-June 1. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16.

1861-1865: Battery lost during service 36 Enlisted men by disease.
 
 

Luther: Description in 1861 at enlistment age 26

Occupation: farmer

Height: 5’10’’

Complexion: dark

Hair: dark

Eyes: gray
 
 

General References:

"History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-65", Samuel P. Bates, Vol 3, 1869-71

Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Vol. 2. Dayton, OH: Morningside, 1979.

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