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Christopher Marian Cribbs, 1845/6?-1926 (son of George Cribbs, 1798-1866 and Jane Barr)
Company G, 2^nd Regiment Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (112^th Volunteers) and Company H, 2^nd Regiment Provisional Heavy Artillery
        Private: Feb 1864 - Jan 1866

Enlisted at Greensburg, PA on 2 Feb 1864 for three years (age 18): Co G, 112^th Pennsylvania Artillery (known as 2^nd Regiment Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery)

Discharged at City point, VA on 29 Jan 1866: Mustered out at City Point, VA with Regiment.

Soldier Service Record: On file National Archives:
2 Feb 64 - Enlisted for White Twp Sub Dist No 27 - 21st Congressional Dist PA by Capt Coulter, Pro Mar 21st Dist PA
4 Feb 64 - On Camp Copeland (Detachment of US Volunteers)
4 Mar 64 - At Pittsburg, PA (Detachment of US Volunteers
10 Mar 64: Gained by Co G, 2d Regt PA Hy Arty at Fort Lincoln DC. (recruit from Depot)
22 Apr 64:  At Fort Ethan Allen, VA transferred to Co H, Provisional 2d PA Heavy Artillery per Special Order No 153, par 29, A.G.O. April 20, 1864, War Dept. (attached to Co H Prov 2d Regt from 23 Apr 64 to 3 Sep 64)
? to 30 Jun 64 - Absent sick in 1st Division Hospital, 9th Army Corps, City Point VA (dates unknown)
4 Jul- ? Aug 64: Absent sick at Grant USA General Hospital, Willet’s Point, New York Harbor (release date unknown)
3 Sep 64 - Present with Company, returned to Co G, 2d Regt ( provisional Regt broken up by transfer to 2 Regt PA Hy Arty, per S.O. No. 282, par 12, A.G.O., War Dept., Aug 26, 1864.
Sep 64 - Dec 65  - Present with unit
Dec 1865: Absent sick in Fair Ground Hospital, Petersburg VA.

Pension Claim: On file National Archives: National Archives Staff can not find file
Invalid claim: Application 848497 Certificate 590026 Pennsylvania
Widow claim: Application 1549.987 Certificate 9-10-25-26 Pennsylvania

NOTES:
2nd REGIMENT PENNSYLVANIA PROVISIONAL HEAVY ARTILLERY - From Apr 64 - Aug 66.  Christopher M. Cribbs present with Co H from 22 April 64 to ? (reported at Divisional Hospital 30 Jun 64).  Returned to unit sometime in Aug 64, present on 3 Sep 64.

Organized April 20, 1864, from surplus men of the 2nd Regiment Heavy Artillery. Attached to Provisional Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to June, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Corps, June, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Corps, to August. 1864.

SERVICE.---Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilderness, Va., May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-21; North Anna River May 23-26. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 15-18. Siege of Petersburg till August 20. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30. Regiment disbanded August 20, 1864, and rejoined original Regiment September 5, 1864.

2nd REGIMENT PENNSYLVANIA HEAVY ARTILLERY - From Sep 64 - Jan 66
Christopher M. Cribbs present with Co G from 3 Sep 64 to Dec 65. Dec 1865: Absent sick in Fair Ground Hospital, Petersburg VA..  Present with unit when mustered out on 29 Jan 1866.

Duty on the Bermuda Hundred front till September. Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights, September 28-30. Fair Oaks October 27-28 (Co. "G"). Ordered to Bermuda front December 2, and duty there till April, 1865. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Duty at Petersburg till May, and in counties of lower Virginia, Sub-District of the Blackwater, District of the Nottaway, till January, 1866. Mustered out at City Point, Va., January 29,1866.

Christopher - at enlistment, Feb 1864
        Age: 18
        Occupation:  farmer
        Physical description:
        Height:  5’9 ½”
        Eyes:  blue
        Hair: sandy
        Complexion:  fair
 

GENERAL SOURCES: 2d Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (112th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers)
Original MS-Word document: 2HVYARTY.DOC
USAMHI RefBranch laf;dan Apr 92

Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot,
1993. Vol. 6, pp. 1059-1142 (43 photocopied pages). E527B32.1993v3. (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. 1570 (1 photocopied page) for a concise summary of the regiment's service.

Humphreys, Henry H. Andrew A. Humphreys: A Biography. Phila: J.C. Winston, 1924. 335 p.
E467.lH885H8.

."Reply to General Porter's Articles Which Have Appeared in the Century Magazine During the
Years l896 and l897." Jrnl Mil Service Inst US 23 (Jul 1898): pp. 1-34 (18 photocopied pages). Per.

Sauers, Richard A. Advance the Colors!: Pennsylvania Civil War Battle Flags. Vol. 2. Hbg, PA:
Capitol Preservation Comm, 1991. pp. 372-74 (3 photocopied pages). E527.4S38.1991v2.

Taylor, Frank H. Philadelphia in the Civil War. Phila: By the City, 1913. pp. 150-51
(1 photocopied page). E527.97P54T39. (Brief history of the unit).

Ward, George W. History of the Second Pennsylvania Veteran Heavy Artillery, (112th Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers) From l86l- l866. Phila: George W. Ward, l904. 311 p. E527.7.2d.W37.

Wells, Stephen W. "Forts Harrison and Gilmer." Natl Trib Scrapbook III: p. 32 (l photocopied
page). E655N27no3.

USAMHI: Photo Archive includes images of individuals of this unit.

USAMHI: The following pertinent personal papers are in the Institute's Manuscript Archive:
Campbell, Jacob - LeighColl Bk 34: 20 (Enlisted man's note, Apr l8, l865; notice of
Lincoln's assassination, Apr l5, l865)
Coar, Amos - ThomasStoneColl (Enlisted man's letter, Sep 23, l864)
Grugan, Florance W. - CWMiscColl (Enlisted man's letters, Mar 3l-Nov 26, l864)
Guest, William A. - CWMiscColl (Enlisted man's letters, Sep 30, l862-Dec 3, l865)
Matter, William H. - HCWRTColl (Enlisted man's service record, Aug l0, l862-Jan 29, l866)
Stahl, William H. - CWMiscColl (Enlisted man's memoir, l86l-l865)
Tanfield, John O. - Tanfield Family Papers (Enlisted men's letters, Mar l0-Jun 4, l864)
Wint, Louis H. - OelligColl (Enlisted man's letter, May l4, l862)