★ Cruft, Charles

Charles Cruft​

Born: January 12, 1826

Birthplace: Terre Haute, Indiana

Father: John Foster Cruft 1800 – 1862

(Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Indiana)​

Mother: Elizabeth Armstrong 1805 – 1852

(Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Indiana)​

Occupation before War:

Bank Clerk in Terre Haute, Indiana​

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1855 – 1858: President St. Louis, Alton, and Terre Haute Railroad​

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1861 – 1872: Publisher of Wabash Express Newspaper ​

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1861 – 1881: Attorney in Terre Haute, Indiana​

Civil War Career:

1861: Witnessed the First Battle of Bull Run, Virginia as Civilian​

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1861 – 1862: Colonel of 31st​ Indiana Volunteers Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Wounded in head, shoulder and left thigh Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee​

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1862: Led his regiment in the Hornet's Nest at Battle of Shiloh​

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1862 – 1865: Brigadier General Union Army Volunteers Infantry​

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1862: Wounded at the Battle of Richmond, Kentucky​

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1862: Commanded a Brigade at Battle of Perryville but not engaged​

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Served in the Battle of Stones River, Tennessee​

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1863: Served in the Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia​

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1863: Served in the Battle of Chattanooga serving at Lookout Mountain​

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1864: Division Commander during the Atlanta, Georgia Campaign​

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1864: Suffered from Severe fever in Chattanooga, Tennessee Hospital​

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1864: Commander of Union Army Detachment at Chattanooga, Tennessee​

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1864: Division Commander at the Battle of Nashville, Tennessee​

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1865: Brevetted to the rank of Major General in the Union Army​

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1865: Mustered out of the Union Army on August 24th​​

Occupation after War:

1861 – 1872: Publisher of Wabash Express Newspaper ​

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1861 – 1881: Attorney in Terre Haute, Indiana​

Died: March 23, 1883

Place of Death: Terre Haute, Indiana

Cause of Death: Hemoptysis

Age at time of Death: 57 years old

Burial Place: Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Indiana

 

[John Hartwell]

[Chicago Tribune, March 24, 1883]​

 

[Pollaco]

His division in Nashville was made up of various detachments that were unable to join Sherman's March to the Sea.

 

[Pollaco]

His division in Nashville was made up of various detachments that were unable to join Sherman's March to the Sea.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Brig. General Charles Cruft! Salutes remembering General Cruft on his birthday.

 

[Pollaco]

At the time of his wounding at Shiloh was Colonel Cruft leading the 3rd brigade, 4th Division,in the Army of the Tennessee? A bio of him states that he commanded this brigade up to April 5, 1862, then doesn't name any other commands until August 1862.Who was he leading at Shiloh?