Crockett, Edward Richardson Diary, 1864-1865, undated

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Crockett, Edward Richardson Diary, 1864-1865, undated

Comprising a volume of Photostats, the Edward Richardson Crockett Diary, 1864-1865, undated, documents Crockett⁰́₉s Confederate service in Company F of Hood's Brigade during the Civil War. The journal primarily describes the activities of Hood's Brigade and the battles of Cold Harbor, Spotsylvania Court House, and the Wilderness. The diary also contains a muster roll for Company F, poems by Crockett, an ordinance report for April 1864, and a missive to his wife about letters he received. Furthermore, a brief, undated biography about Crockett by Fannie Crockett prefaces the diary.

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Crockett, Edward Richardson, 1834-1917

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Born in Decatur, Alabama, Edward Richardson Crockett (1834-1917) settled in Oso, Texas, around 1853 and married Agnes Mercer, with whom he had three children. During the Civil War, he enlisted in Company F, Fourth Texas Infantry, Hood’s Brigade of the Confederate Army, rising to the rank of captain. Wounded seven times and imprisoned twice, Crockett fought at the battles of Gettysburg, Chickamauga, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor, among a hundred other engagements. Following the wa...

Confederate States of America. Army. Texas Infantry Regiment, 4th. Company F

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Confederate States of America. Army. Texas Brigade

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During the Civil War, Hood's Texas Brigade of the Confederate Army organized on October 22, 1861, in Richmond, Virginia, under the command of Brig. Gen. Louis T. Wigfall with the First, Fourth, and Fifth Texas Infantry Regiments. Several other regiments and companies were attached to the Brigade over the next year, with only the Third Arkansas Infantry staying until the end of the war. Col. John Bell Hood commanded the Fourth Texas Regiment until Wigfall resigned in Febr...