G. Crook
(1828 - 1890)
Home State: Ohio
Education: US Military Academy, West Point, NY, Class of 1852
Command Billet: Commanding Regiment
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 36th Ohio Infantry
see his Battle Report
Before Antietam
He graduated from the USMA in 1852 with duty in the Pacific Northwest. In September 1861 he was appointed Colonel of the 36th OH Regiment and served in Western VA.
On the Campaign
He was in command of the 36th OH part of the 2nd Brigade/Kanawha Division/Ninth (IX) Corps and relieved Col. Moor in command of the Brigade.
The rest of the War
In September 1862 he was appointed BGen. of Volunteers. He led the 2nd Cavalry Division in the Army of the Cumberland in the Chickamauga campaign and at Cloyd's Mountain. He commanded the Department of Western Virginia, and commanded a (which?) Corps in the Shenandoah Valley campaign. In October 1864 he was promoted to MGen. of Volunteers, was captured in Cumberland MD, and was exchanged in March 1865. He commanded a (which?) division of cavalry in the Army of the Potomac in the Appomattox campaign.
After the War
He continued in career Army service as an Indian fighter and commanded the Division of the Missouri.
Birth
1828
Death
1890