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S.T. Crowley

S.T. Crowley

Federal (USA)

Lieutenant

Samuel Thomas Crowley

(c. 1839 - 1866)

Home State: District Of Columbia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 4th United States Infantry

Before Antietam

In 1860 he was a 21 year old carpenter in Washington, DC. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Washington Zouaves, a three-month volunteer unit, in 1861, and was promoted First Lieutenant before the expiration of the Zouaves' term. He was appointed 2nd Lieutenant, 4th US Infantry in February 1862. Present at Yorktown, Gaines Mill, Malvern Hill, and 2nd Manassas.

On the Campaign

He commanded Company F at Antietam on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

Promoted First Lieutenant in June 1863, and engaged at Gettysburg, PA in July 1863, where he was wounded. He was is action at the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, and Cold Harbor, where he was again wounded. Brevetted to Captain for War service.

References & notes

Basic information from Powell.1. His role at Antietam from Captain Dryer's Report. Details from the US Census of 1860 and his funeral announcement in The National Intelligencer for 16 March 1866 [extract online]. His photograph from one of unknown provenance posted by Phil Wayne on Findagrave.

Birth

c. 1839 in DC

Death

03/10/1866; Fort Niagra, NY; burial in Congressional Cemetery, Washingon, DC

Notes

1   Powell, William Henry, A History of the Organization and Movements of the Fourth Regiment of Infantry, United States Army, Washington, DC: McGill and Witherow, Printers and Stereotypers, 1871, pp. 88 - 202  [AotW citation 13659]