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John Lewis Cribbs 1842-1911 (son of David CRIBBS, 1816-1880, AND Catherine Near)

Enlisted at Pittsburgh, PA on 25 July 1861 for three years: Capt Kerr’s Company, Col Black’s Reg’t Pa. Infantry (later Co E, 62nd PVI)

Compiled Military Service Record: On file National Archives :

31 Jul 1861-13 Jul 1864 - Present with unit

26 Sep 1861 - Early Winter 1861- Sick with Malarial Fever in Camp vicinity Falls Church VA, treated by Regimental Surgeon (per pension claim)

Pension Records: On file National Archives:

21 OCT 1885 Invalid APP 552424 CERT 371629

2 MAY 1911 widow (Crissie) App 964156 CERT 723094 PA

Organized at Pittsburgh as 33rd Regiment August 31, 1861. Left State for Washington, D.C., August 31, 1861. Designation changed to 62nd Pennsylvania Volunteers November 18, 1861. Attached to Morrell's Brigade, Fitz John Porter's Division, Army Potomac, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to May, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, to July, 1864.

SERVICE--Camp near Fort Corcoran, Defenses of Washington, D.C., till October, 1861, and near Fall's Church, Va., till March, 1862. Moved to the Peninsula March 22-24. Reconnaissance to Big Bethel March 30. Howard's Mills, near Cockletown, April 4. Warwick Road April 5. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Hanover C. H. May 27. Operations about Hanover C. H. May 27-29. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Battles of Mechanicsville June 26; Gaines Mill June 27; Savage Station June 29; Turkey Bridge or Malvern Cliff June 30; Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centreville August 16-28. Battle of Bull Run (2d) August 30. Battle of Antietam, Md., September 16-17. Shepherdstown Ford September 19. Blackford's Ford September 19. Reconnaissance to Smithfield October 16-17. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Expedition to Richard's and Ellis' Fords, Rappahannock River, December 30-31. Burnside's second Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth till April. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Middleburg June 19. Uppervile June 21. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Duty on line of the Rappahannock till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Duty at Bealeton Station till May, 1864. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania C, H. May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. Jericho Ford May 25. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg till July 3. Left front July 3. Mustered out July 13, 1864. Companies "L" and "M" transferred to 91st Pennsylvania. Mustered out August 15, 1864. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 155th Pennsylvania.

1861-1864 Regiment lost during service 17 Officers and 152 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 89 Enlisted men by disease. Total 258.

O Officers K Killed and died of wounds.

M Men D Died of disease, accidents, in prison, &c.

T Total E Total Enrollment

--------K-------- --------D-------

Companies O M T O M T E

Field and Staff 5 · · 5 · · · · · · 17

Company A 1 10 11 · · 6 6 105

B · · 9 9 · · 8 8 106

C 1 10 11 · · 8 8 112

D 2 8 10 · · 8 8 130

E · · 14 14 · · 13 13 158

F · · 20 20 · · 2 2 142

G 2 19 21 · · 6 6 161

H 2 16 18 · · 9 9 135

I 1 10 11 · · 8 8 114

K 1 9 10 · · 10 10 148

L · · 18 18 · · 5 5 118

M 2 9 11 · · 6 6 125

Totals 17 152 169 · · 89 89 1,571

169 killed=10.7 per cent.

BATTLES K. & M.W. BATTLES K. & M.W.

Yorktown, Va 1 Wilderness, Va 14

Gaines's Mill, Va 27 Spotsylvania, Va 30

Malvern Hill, Va 21 North Anna, Va 1

Harrison's Landing, Va 1 Totopotomoy, Va 1

Fredericksburg, Va 13 Bethesda Church, Va 9

Chancellorsville, Va 3 Petersburg, Va 2

Gettysburg, Pa 45 Gunboat service 1

Present, also, at Hanover C. H.; Seven Days; Manassas; Antietam; Shepherdstown; Rappahannock Station; Mine Run.

NOTES-- Recruited in July, 1861, six companies coming from Allegheny County, the others from the western part of the State. The regiment encamped in Virginia in September, 1861, and after six months of drill, discipline, and field duty, confronted the enemy at the Siege of Yorktown. After the fall of Yorktown--in May, 1862--it moved up the Peninsula, then in Griffin's Brigade, Morell's Division, Fifth Corps, in which command it fought at Gaines's Mill. Colonel Black was killed in that battle, the regiment losing 15 killed, 73 wounded, and 76 missing. It was engaged, four days later, at Malvern Hill, where its colors were cut down five times, but were borne from the field flying. At Gettysburg the division was commanded by General Barnes; it fought there in the historic wheat field, the Sixty-second losing in that battle 28 killed, 107 wounded, and 40 missing; Major William G. Long and five line officers were killed there. The winter of 1863-4 was passed quietly in winter quarters; then, in May, 1864, with 557 men, the regiment entered upon the bloody campaign which occurred between May 6th and June 18th of that year. In the hard fighting about Spotsylvania it lost 14 killed (including Lieutenant-Colonel James C. Hall, who was in command), 112 wounded, and 18 missing; total, 144. The Sixty-second, during its active service, was always in the Second Brigade, First Division, Fifth Corps, Colonel Sweitzer commanding the brigade during the most of the time. The regiment was mustered out July 13, 1864, its term of service having expired.

Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot, 1993. Vol. 3, pp. 451-88 (20 photocopied pages). E527B32.1993v3. (Brief history and roster of the regiment).

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