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George Washington Cribbs
1840-1914
George Washington Cribbs 1840-1914 (son of Peter Cribbs, 1803-1878, and Catherine Milliron)
Company F, 55th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry Militia Volunteers
Commanded by COL R. B. McComb
Private
Enlisted: June 27, 1863
Discharged: August 26, 1863 at Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, mustered out with unit
Soldier Service Record: No file in National Archives (served less than 3 months)
Pension Claim: On file National Archives:
Invalid claim: 20 March 1893 Application 148.218 PA
Contracted Typhoid fever at Parkersbury, West Virginia
NOTES:
Service:
55th REGIMENT PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY MILITIA VOLUNTEERS
Organized at Pittsburgh June 27, 1863. Duty in Pennsylvania during Lee's invasion and in the Dept. of West Virginia. Attached to Wilkinson's Brigade, Scammon's Division. Mustered out August 26, 1863.
George: Description in 1893 at age 53
Occupation: farmer
Height: 5’10’’
Complexion: fair
Hair: light
Eyes: blue
Reference:
Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Pt 3. Dayton, OH: Morningside, 1979. A concise summary of the regiment's service.
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