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NOTES:
Service:
15 May 1862 - 30 Sep 64 - Present with unit
Sep 64 - Wounded in entrenchments (Petersburg)
30 Sep 64 - Admitted to Receiving and Wayside Hospital (General Hospital
No 9, Richmond VA)
2 Oct 64 – Admitted to General Hospital Howard’s Grove Richmond, VA.
11 Oct 64 - Released from Hospital
15 Oct 64 - 16 Feb 65 - Present with Unit
16 Feb 65 - ? - On Furlough of Indulgence
9 Apr 65 (end of war) - In 1909 Pension application Jordan
stated he has in Madison Florida at the end of the war
15 May 65 - Prisoner of War Record and Loyalty Oath recorded (discharged
on account of close of war)
Jordon - Physical description at surrender: Height: 5’10” Eyes:
blue Hair: black
Complexion: dark
Family note: Of Covington Brannick Cribbs’ 10 sons, six
served in the Confederate Army. Jordan, Owen and Darrell served together
in the same Companies within the 1st Special Battalion Florida Infantry
and then within the 10th Florida Infantry Regiment. Darrell signed
a statement of service for Jordan’s 1901 Florida State pension application.
Owen signed statements in Jordan’s 1902, 1909, and 1911 Florida State pension
applications.
1st Special Battalion Florida Infantry & 10th Florida Infantry
Regiment Infantry History
The First Florida Special Battalion entered Confederate service at
Fernandina in September 1861. The unit, initially commanded by Lieutenant
Colonel Daniel P. Holland, served first as heavy artillery before being
reorganized as infantry on 13 Nov 1861. Charles Hopkins became commander
in May 1862 and would serve until the end of the war.
After the evacuation of Amelia Island and Fernandina, the battalion
served at various points in north Florida during 1862-1863. It participated
in the actions at St. Johns Bluff in September-October 1862 and Jacksonville
in March 1863. Various companies also guarded the Apalachicola River from
Union attack. In the summer of 1863 the First Battalion was ordered to
reinforce the defenses at Savannah, Georgia, but the unit would return
to Florida in time to defend the state against the Federal invasion in
early 1864. The First Battalion entered the battle of Olustee with approximately
400 enlisted men and twenty officers. The unit was held in reserve until
the latter part of the battle when, according to a participant, it "went
to the rescue of General Colquitt." The men "went in double-quick time"
and "struck right in the center of the battle." Lieutenant Colonel Charles
F. Hopkins commanded the battalion, which suffered official casualties
of three killed and forty seven wounded. After the battle the unit stayed
in Florida until the spring of 1864, when it was sent to reinforce the
Army of Northern Virginia. In June the First Battalion, along with four
companies from the Second Florida Infantry Battalion, consolidated together
into the new Tenth Florida Infantry Regiment. The Tenth fought through
the Petersburg Campaign of 1864-1865 and surrendered 154 men at Appomattox.
1st Special Battalion Florida Infantry Assignments:
Sep 61 - Nov 62 - Department of Middle and East Florida
Nov 62 - Aug 63 - District of Middle Florida, Dept of South Carolina,
Georgia & Florida
Aug 63 - Feb 64 - District of Georgia, Dept of South Carolina, Georgia
& Florida
Feb 64 - 2nd Brigade District of East Florida, Dept of South Carolina,
Georgia & Florida
Feb 64- May 64 - District of Florida, Dept of South Carolina, Georgia
& Florida
May-Jun 1864 - Finegan’s Brigade, Mahone’s Division, 3d Corps, Army
of Northern
Virginia
10th Florida Infantry Regimental Assignments:
Jun 64 - Apr 65 - Perry’s-Finegan’s Brigade, Anderson’s-Mahone’s Division,
3d Corps,
Army of Northern Virginia
Battles, 1st Special Battalion Florida Infantry
11 Sep 62 - St. John’s Bluff, Florida (one company)
20 Feb 64 - Olustee
1-3 Jun 64 - Cold Harbor
Battles, 10th Florida Infantry Regiment:
Jun 64 - Apr 65- Petersburg Siege
23 Jun 64 - Weldon Railroad
30 Jun 64 - Ream’s Station
21 Aug 64 - Weldon Railroad
9 Dec 64 - Bellfield
5-7 Feb 65 - Hatcher’s Run
7 Apr 65 - Farmville
9 Apr 65 - Appomattox Court House
References:
Brock, R. A. The Appomattox Roster. New York:
Antiquarian Press, LTD. 1962. Ref see p. 303-305.
USAMHI RefBranch Infantry :
http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/CivilWar/CWUnits/al.cs/inf/11inf.htm
USAMHI
1st Special Battalion Florida Infantry
NOTE: Organized Fall 1861; consolidated with 4
companies of 2d FL Inf Bn & designated 10th FL Inf
Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States
Army. Midlothian, VA: Derwent
Press, 1987. Ref. See p. 73 (1 photocopied page)
for a concise summary of the battalion's
service.
Hillhouse, Don. "From Olustee to Appomattox: The 1st Florida Special Battalion." CW Regts Vol. 3, No 1: pp. 64-77 (7 photocopied pages).
Per.______. Heavy Artillery & Light Infantry: A History of the 1st Florida Special Battalion & 10th Infantry Regiment, C.S.A. Jacksonville, FL: By the Author, 1992. 282 p. E558.7.1st.H55.1992.
Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederacy: Florida and Arkansas. NY: Facts on File, 1992. pp. 13-14 (2 photocopied page). E553S53.1992. (Unit organizational history).
Waters, Zack C. "All That Brave Men Could Do: Joseph Finegan's Florida Brigade at Cold Harbor." CW Regts Vol. 3, No. 4: pp. 1-23 (12 photocopied pages). Per.
10th Florida Infantry
Confederate Military History, Extended Edition.
Vol. 16: Florida. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot, 1989.
pp. 161-162 (2 photocopied pages). E484C65.1987v16. (Brief
unit history).
Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States
Army. Midlothian, VA: Derwent
Press, 1987. Ref. See p. 78 (1 photocopied page)
for a concise summary of the regiment's
service.
Dorman, G. H. Fifty Years Ago: Reminiscences of '61-65. Tallahassee, FL: T.J. Appleyard, 1912. 15 p. (7 photocopied pages). E558.5.10th.R68.1912a.
Florida. Dept of Mil Affairs. Archives Research, 10th Florida Infantry, CSA: Special Archives Publication Number 144. St. Augustine, FL: By the State, 1992. ca 75 p. E558.5.10th.H54.1992.
Hartman, David W., & Coles, David, comps. Biographical Rosters of Florida's Confederate and Union Soldiers, 1861-1865. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot, 1995. E558.3H37.1995. See Vol. 3, pp. 986-1083 for biographical sketches of unit personnel.
Hillhouse, Don. Heavy Artillery & Light Infantry: A History of the 1st Florida Special Battalion & 10th Infantry Regiment, C.S.A. Jacksonville, FL: By the Author, 1992. 282 p. E558.7.1st.H55.1992.
Florida. Board of State Institutions. Soldiers
of Florida in the Seminole Indian, Civil and Spanish American Wars.
Macclenny, FL: R. J. Ferry, 1983. E558.3F63.1983.
See pp. 219-236 (10 photocopied pages) for a roster and
brief history of the regiment.
Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederacy: Florida and Arkansas. NY: Facts on File, 1992. p. 25 (1 photocopied page). E553S53.1992. (Unit organizational history).
Confederate Pension Records
The agency listed below is the Florida repository for
Confederate pension records. The veteran was eligible to apply for a pension
to the State in which he lived, even if he served in a unit from a different
State. Generally, an applicant was eligible for a pension only if he was
indigent or disabled. In your letter to the repository, state the Confederate
veteran's name, his widow's name, the unit(s) in which he served, and the
counties in which he and his widow lived after the Civil War. Some state
repositories also have records of Confederate Homes (for veterans, widows,
etc.), muster rolls of State Confederate militia, and other records related
to the war.
FLORIDA
Florida State Archives
R. A. Gray Building
500 South Bronough Street
Tallahasse, FL 32399-0250
Telephone: 904-487-2073
http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/barm/PensionIntroduction.htm
In 1885 Florida began granting pensions to Confederate
veterans. In 1889 the State began granting pensions to their widows. A
published index, which provides each veteran's pension number, is available
in many libraries: White, Virgil. Register of Florida CSA Pension Applications
(Waynesboro, TN: National Historical Publishing Co., 1989).
