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David K. Cribbs 1845-? (son of George Cribbs,
1809-1845, and Elizabeth Knisely)
Company D, 4th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Private
Enlisted: 4 June 1861 at Canton Ohio for three years by Capt.
Wallace
Discharged: 21 June 1864 Columbus, Ohio
Soldier Service Record: On file National Archives:
4 June 1861 - Oct 1862 - Present with unit
Oct 1862 - Absent sick at Harper’s Ferry, Va
Nov 1862 - Jan 1863 - Absent sick at Fort Gaines, DC
Feb 1863 - Absent sick Camp Ohio, DC
Mar 1863 - Jun 1864 - Present with unit
12 May 1864 - Wounded (gun shot wound to forehead) at “Bloody Angle”
Spottsylvania Court House
21 June 1864 - Mustered out at Columbus, Ohio
Pension Claim: On file National Archives:
Invalid claim: 28 Jun 1880 Application 398.366 Certificate 233.597
Widow claim: None
NOTES:
March/April 1863 - Indebted to US for 3 canteens, 1 shelter tent and
1 gun sling
27 July 1863 - David changed with absent without leave. Court Martial conducted by Major Gordan A Stewart, 4th Regt OVI at Warrenton Junction, Va.
Specification: “without permission absent himself from camp (vic Bloomfield, Va) evading thereby the Inspection of arms and ammunition which he knew was to take place at camp of the 4th Regt OVI on the 21st day of July 1863.”
David found guilty of specification and charge based on testimony of 1St Sergeant J. L. Dickleman. Major Stewart fined David $5.00 for one month (about a half of one month’s pay). General Order 53, 4th Regt OVI, dtd 7 Aug 1863.
Service: 4th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry History - While
David assigned/present
Organized for three years service June 5th,
1861. It served under McClellan in West Virginia and participated at Rich
Mountain and other Battles. Colonel Andrews having died, John S.
Mason was made Colonel on October 14th, 1861. The Regiment was transferred
to the Army of the Potomac and served in the Peninsula campaign. It suffered
severely at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, and in July, 1863, took
part in the battle of Gettysburg, and afterward participated in the movements
of General Grant in Virginia until the close of the war. The 4th Ohio lost
in action nearly 300 men killed and wounded.
4th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry.--(3 YEARS.)
Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, June 4, 1861. Moved to Grafton, W.
Va., June 20-23. Attached to McCook's Advance Brigade, West Virginia, to
July, 1861. 3rd Brigade, Army of Occupation, West Virginia, to November,
1861. Kelly's Command, West Virginia, to January, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Landers'
Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, Shields' 2nd
Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps and Dept. of the Shenandoah, to May, 1862.
Kimball's Independent Brigade, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to July, 1862.
Kimball's Independent Brigade, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to
September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, to March; 1864.
3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE--West Virginia Campaign July 6-17, 1861. Capture of Beverly July 12. Expedition to Huttonsville July 13-16. At Beverly till July 23; thence moved to New Creek. At Pendleton August 7 to October 25. Action at Petersburg September 7 and 12. Hanging Rock, Romney, September 23. Romney September 23-25. Mill Creek Mills, Romney, October 26. Duty at Romney till January, 1862. Expedition to Blue's Gap January 6-7. Blue's Gap January 7. Evacuation of Romney January 10. At Paw Paw Tunnel February 9 to March 7. Advance on Winchester March 7-15. Martinsburg March 9. Cedar Creek March 18. Strasburg March 19. Battle of Winchester March 23. Cedar Creek March 25. Woodstock April 1. Edenburg April 2. Mt. Jackson April 16. March to Fredericksburg May 12-21, and return to Front Royal May 25-30. Front Royal May 30. Battle of Port Republic June 9. Moved to Alexandria, thence to Harrison's Landing June 29-30. Haxell's, Herring Creek, July 3-4. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centreville August 16-28. Cover Pope's retreat from Bull Run to Fairfax Court House September 1. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. Moved to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., September 22, and duty there till October 30. (David absent sick Oct 62-Feb 63) At Falmouth, Va., till April 27, 1863. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5-24. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5-24. On detached duty at New York City August 15 to September 16. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Auburn and Bristoe October 14. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Robertson's Tavern or Locust Grove November 27. Mine Run November 28-30, 1863. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864. Morton's Ford February 6-7. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 3 to June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Po River May 10; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21; "Bloody Angle" May 12 (David wounded); North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Old members mustered out June 21, 1864.
1861-1865 - Regiment lost during service 8 Officers and 95 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 155 Enlisted men by disease. Total 261.
General References for this Unit: see also Bibliography of State-Wide References
Ohio In The War-Volume II. Whitelaw Reid. Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin. Cincinnati 1868
History of the Three Months' and Three Years' Service from April 16, 1861 to June 22, 1864 of the Fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Union. William Kepler. Leader Printing Co., Cleveland 1886
Reprint: 4th Ohio Volunteers. Gibraltar Brigade. Army of the Potomac. William Kepler. Blue Acorn Press. Huntington. West Virginia. 1992
National Tribune. "Carroll's Brigade at Gettysburg." William T. Dart. 4th O.V.I. 6 April, 1893. (Thanks to Ed Keen for submitting this source.)
From North Ana to Cold Harbor. John S. Jones. From: Sketches of War History. MOLLUS. Ohio.
Vol. 4. Cincinnati. Robert Clarke, 1896. pp. 147-58 (7 photocopied pages). E464M5.1991v4.
USAMHI. Carlisle Barracks. PA:
National Tribune. "Carroll's Brigade at Gettysburg." J. L. Dickelman. 4th O.V.I. 10 June, 1909. (Thanks to Ed Keen for submitting this source.)
"The Excitement Had Begun!" The Civil War Diary of Lemuel Jeffries, 1862-1863. by Lemnuel
Jeffries. 4th O.V.I. Edited by Jason H. Silverman. Manuscripts. #30 (Fall 1978) Pages 265-278. (ThankS to Ed Keen for submitting this source.)
The Struggle for the Bliss Farm at Gettysburg, July 2nd and 3rd, 1863. Elwood Christ. Butternut & Blue. Baltimore, MD. 1994
Tweny-five Minutes of Fighting, Fifty Years of Controversy: The Gibraltar Brigade on East Cemetery, July 2, 1863. Gary Lash. NP 1995.
SOURCE: http://www.infinet.com/~lstevens/a/cw4.html
