Charles J. P. Cresap

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Charles J. P. Cresap
OccupationLawyer
Military career
AllegianceVirginia
BranchConfederate States Army
RankCaptain
Unit25th Virginia Infantry Regiment
ConflictsAmerican Civil War
Member of the
Preston County
In office
1863–1864
Serving with Robert E. Cowan
Governor

Charles James Pindall Cresap was a Virginian attorney and politician, as well as an officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

Personal life

Charles James Pindall Cresap[1] was born to Gus and Rhuhama Cresap, and had two siblings: a sister Mariah, and a brother Robert who died as a Confederate Army soldier at the Battle of Moorefield.[2] After his death, Cresap's will was the subject of dispute between his widow Agnes and three other Cresaps: Gustavus J., Mary B., and Rachel R., ultimately requiring a 1904 decision by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.[3]

Career

Cresap was a lawyer, admitted to the bar association in 1857.[2]

Politics

Cresap replaced

Preston County after the latter man was expelled on 29 June 1861.[1] In May 1863, he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates,[4] representing Preston County alongside Robert E. Cowan[5] until leaving office in 1864.[4]

Military

For the

Camp Allegheny on 1 April 1862; he was assigned to the 25th Virginia Infantry Regiment. Private Cresap was hospitalized twice as an enlisted man: once in October 1862 for fever, and again in December 1862 for diarrhea. He was promoted to sergeant on or before 1 January 1863.[4]

Cresap requested discharge on 8 June 1863, and was released from the service on 4 August 1863. That November 20, he requested permission of the Confederate Army to be commissioned a captain and to raise a company of infantry or cavalry in northwest Virginia; this permission was granted ten days later. Cresap later requested of Confederate President Jefferson Davis a promotion above captain in order to command "colored troops."[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "How Virginia Convention Delegates Voted on Secession, April 4 and April 17, 1861, and Whether They Signed a Copy of the Ordinance of Secession" (PDF). Library of Virginia. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Snyder, Dorothy B. (21 May 2003). "Reliving Lives: Prestonians and the Civil War". Preston County Journal. Kingwood, West Virginia. p. 8. A Glimpse into Preston County During the Spring of 1861: Seizure of Arms
  3. West Publishing
    , 1904, pp. 582–589
  4. ^
    ISBN 1-56190-007-9
    .
  5. ISBN 0-88490-008-8
    .
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