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NOTES:
Service:
15 May 1862 - 4 Aug 63 - Present with unit
4 Aug 63 - 4 Sep 63 - Sick Furlough
4 Sep 64 - 28 Feb 65 - Present with unit
28 Feb 65 - Transferred as a Musician to Finegan’s Brigade Band
9 Apr 65 - Surrendered by General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court
House
(Listed in The Appomattox Paroles April 9-15, 1865, as Musician O.
B. Crebby in Finnegan’s Brigade Band & Private O. Crebbs in Co B, 10th
FL INF). Records show Owen surrendered with a “brass instrument.”
15 May 65 - Prisoner of War Record and Loyalty Oath recorded
Family note: Of Covington Brannick Cribbs’ 10 sons, six served in the Confederate Army. Owen, Jordan, 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 statements in Owen’s 1897 and 1909 Florida State pension applications. Darrell also signed a statement of service for Owen’s wife, Ruthie Jane Cribbs’ Florida State Widow’s Pension Claim in 1915.
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 & Finegan’s Brigade:
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:
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
Brock, R. A. The Appomattox Roster. Antiquarian Press, LTD New York, 1962.
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).
