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1) Harvey CRIBBS worked as a clerk in a store in Tuscaloosa from age 14 to age 28, then was elected sheriff of the county in 1860. He held this position until the spring of 1862 when he joined the military. 2) See photocopied notes and other facts elsewhere in this work. 3) Amy died in Mobile, Oct. 26, at 10:00 am, age 21 months. From the "War of the Rebellion" Series I, Vol. XX, pages 842-843, this report by Lt. Harvey H. Cribbs: "No. 252 - Report of Lieut. Harvey H. Cribbs, Lumsden's (Alabama) battery. BRIDGEPORT, ALA., January 10, 1863. CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report that on Sunday, December 28, 1862, I was ordered to report for duty with Brigadier-General Jackson's brigade, by Lieutenant-Colonel [J.H.] Hallonquist, chief of artillery Army of Tennessee, and on Monday morning the general assigned me a position near Captain Spence's residence, east of the Lebanon pike, and at 12 midnight I received an order to send the two rifled pieces of the battery to General Breckenridge's headquarters to report, which I did, under the command of Lieutenant Tarrant. He was ordered to the knoll on the east side of Stone's River, which position was ordered by General Bragg to be held, as it was a desireable position, from which place the two guns fired 200 rounds in the first of the engagement. One of the pieces had been dismounted at Perryville some time ago, and in the recoil the axle-tree gaveway. It was replaced by one of the pieces taken from the enemy. The two rifled pieces were held in the reserve until we reached the river. The smooth-bore was kept with the brigade, and on Tuesday about noon I moved with the brigade to a position on the left of the Lebanon pike and 1 mile nearer the rier. On Wednesday about noon the section accompanied the brigade across Stone's River, when it was halted by General Jackson until it could secure a position while the brigade advanced. When the brigade became engaged, the section took a position on the hill near Cowan's house, and near the railroad, and fired 50 rounds, when the enemy removed the battery at which we had been firing, and the night coming on, I moved down to the river, and on Thursday took a position again on the right, where intrenchments were thrown up. On Friday I joined the brigade on the extreme left near the Wilsonville [Wilkinson or Nashville] pike, and at 12 [o'clock] that night moved to the Nashville pike, where the men remained until daylight exposed to a drenching rain, after which we moved to the extreme right again, and at midnight Saturday we moved through Murfreesborough to the Nashville pike, marched until Sunday evening, exposed again to the severity of the weather. The damage done by the firing of the battery -- I cannot say what damage was done to the enemy; it is said that one of the rifled pieces blew up a caisson. I am happy to say that no damage whatever was done to the battery by the shots of the enemy. The men all behaved with coolness, and with a determination to do what was in their power to drive back the enemy of our country. Respectfully submitted, HARVEY H. CRIBBS, First Lieutenant, Commanding Lumsden's Battery." |
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