C.C. Crews
Charles Constantine Crews | |
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Born | Upson County, Georgia | September 3, 1829
Died | November 14, 1887 Hillsboro, New Mexico | (aged 58)
Allegiance | Confederate States of America |
Service/ | Georgia Militia Confederate States Army |
Years of service | 1862-1865 |
Rank | Colonel |
Commands held | 2nd Georgia Cavalry Crews' Cavalry Brigade |
Battles/wars | American Civil War
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Other work | physician, railroad executive |
Charles Constantine Crews (September 3, 1829 – November 14, 1887) was an attorney, physician,
Early life
Born to Reuben Jordan Crews, a real estate attorney and colonel in the Georgia Militia,[2] and Elizabeth Yarbrough Phillips Crews in Upson County, Georgia, Crews was the first of eight children. At the age of eighteen, Crews was authorized to practice law after reading the law with an established firm and undergoing an examination. [3] In 1853, he attended The Medical College of Louisiana, the predecessor institution to Tulane University School of Medicine, with Dr. G.N. Phillips of Alabama as his preceptor.[4] He graduated from Castleton Medical College in 1859.[5]
Civil War
C.C. Crews was appointed a Captain in the
Chickamauga
During the Battle of Chickamauga, Col. C.C. Crews commanded the 1st Brigade (General John A. Wharton Division, Major General Wheeler Corps) consisting of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Georgia Cavalry and Malone's Alabama Regiment. They captured Lookout Mountain, which earned Col. Wheeler, Morgan, Crews and Harrison a commendation in September 1863 from Major General Wheeler, "I tender my thanks for their zeal, energy and gallantry during the engagement".[13] In October, Crews' Georgia Brigade helped participate in the capture of McMinnville, Tennessee,[14] during Wheeler's October 1863 Raid.
Knoxville
In December 1863, Crews' Brigade, which consisted of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th Georgia (General
Atlanta
With the start of the
Carolinas
During the
Later life
C.C. partnered with James John McDonald as a
Relations
C.C.'s younger brother, George Crews, served in the 35th Georgia Regiment (
After the battle, his battalion was consolidated into Company F, 9th Regiment Kentucky Infantry (Mounted) and Lt. Col. James M. Crews was discharged. He briefly became a
Notes
- ^ Allardice, p. 115
- ^ Smith, p. 332
- ^ of Georgia 1847, Vol. 1, Page 12, Sequential Number 005
- ^ List of Matriculants, Session 1852-1853, Tulane University Archives
- ^ Waite, p. 205
- ^ Poole p. 5
- ^ Poole, pp. 18 and 37
- ^ US War Dept., Series 1, Vol. 16, Part I, p. 1018
- ^ Evans, P. 408
- ^ a b c National Archives Microfilm Publication M266, Record 109, Roll 9
- ^ Poole, p.74
- ^ Poole, pp. 75-76
- ^ Wheeler, p. 111
- ^ Poole, p. 91
- ^ Poole, p.98
- ^ Poole, p.107
- ^ Evans, p.267
- ^ Poole, p. 117
- ^ Poole, p. 144
- ^ Sherman, p. 459
- ^ The Albany Patriot, Albany, GA, 4 August 1864, J.W. Fears, editor
- ^ Sherman, p. 472
- ^ Sherman, p. 498
- ^ Poole, pp. 152, 155 and 157
- ^ Poole, p. 160
- ^ Poole, p. 163
- ^ Poole, p. 170
- ^ Jones, p. 69
- ^ Poole, p. 191
- ^ Wheeler, p. 418
- ^ US War Dept., Series 1, Vol. 47, Part III, pp. 1105, 1113-1114, 1123, 1200 and 1261
- ^ US War Dept., Series 1, Vol. 47, Part III, pp. 851 and 854
- ^ Wheeler, p. 358
- ^ Evans, P. 409
- ISBN 9780738579528.
- ^ Evans, p. 814
- ^ The Cuthbert Appeal, Cuthbert, GA, 17 March 1871
- ^ University Medical College, NYU Archives
- ^ National Archives Microfilm Publication M331, Record 109, Roll 65
- ^ Brzostowski, P. 22
- ^ National Archives Microfilm Publication M266, Record 109, Roll 416
- ^ Allardice, p. 432
- ^ Civil War Centennial Commission, P. 163
- ^ Civil War Centennial Commission, pp. 163-164
- ^ National Archives Microfilm Publication M268 Roll 357 and M331 Roll 65
- ^ National Archives Microfilm Publication M268 Roll 11 and M331 Roll 65
References
- Allardice, Bruce s., Confederate Colonels: A Biographical Register, Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2008. ISBN 0826218091.
- Brzostowski, Matthew Adam, and Brzostowski, Olivia Castro, The Crews, Brinkman and Brzostowski Families, A Timeline in History, Houston: Brzostowski Publishing, 2011. ISBN 978-0-615-57963-4.
- Civil War Centennial Commission, Tennesseans in the Civil War, A Military History of Confederate and Union Units with Available Rosters of Personnel, Part I, Nashville: Civil War Centennial Commission, 1964. ISBN 0874020174.
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate General and Staff Officers, and Nonregimental Enlisted Men (National Archives Microfilm Publication M331, Record 109, Roll 65).
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia (National Archives Microfilm Publication M266, Record 109, Roll 9 and Roll 416).
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee (National Archives Microfilm Publication M268, Record 109, Roll 357 and 11).
- Evans, Clement A., editor, Confederate Military History, Vol. VI, Atlanta: Confederate Publishing Company, 1899. ASIN:B000TYSDDS.
- Jones, Charles C., The Siege of Savannah in December, 1864, & The Confederate Operations in Georgia & The Third Military District of South Carolina During General Sherman's March from Atlanta to the Sea, Albany: Joel Munsell, 1874.
- Poole, John Randolph, Cracker Cavaliers, The 2nd Georgia Cavalry Under Wheeler and Forrest, Macon: Mercer University Press, 2000. ISBN 0865546975.
- Sherman, William Tecumseh, Memoirs of General W.T. Sherman, New York: Penguin Books, 2000. ISBN 978-0-14-043798-0.
- Smith, Gordon Burns, History of the Georgia Militia, 1783-1861, Volume One, Campaigns and Generals, Milledgeville: Boyd Publishing, 2000. ASIN:B003L1PRKI.
- Waite, Frederick Clayton, The First Medical College in Vermont, Castleton 1818-1862, Montpelier: Vermont Historical Society, 1949.
- Wheeler, Joseph, Campaigns of Wheeler and His Cavalry, 1862-1865, From Material Furnished by Gen. Joseph Wheeler, to Which is Added His... Account of the Santiago Campaign of 1898..., Hudgins: Hudgins Publishing Company, 1899, W.C. Dodson editor. ASIN B002YIHU72.
- US War Dept., The War of the Rebellion, A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1895.