4. | William S. Crowell was born about 1812 in Virginia; died between 1860 and 1870 in Probably Washington County, Virginia Or During The Civil War. Notes:
"1840 United States Federal Census
Name: William Crowell
County: Wythe
State: Virginia
Number of persons in household: 6
Ages of persons in household:
1 - male under 5 yrs
1 - male 20 under 30 yrs
2 - females under 5 yrs
1 - female 15 under 20 yrs
1 - female 20 under 30 yrs
Occupation information : not given
Next door neighbors are Joseph & Henry (?) Crowell.
Source Citation: Year: 1840; Census Place: , Wythe, Virginia; Roll:579; Page: 95.
Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line].Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004."
"18 September 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Wm Crowell
Age: 38
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1812
Birth Place: Virginia
Gender: Male
Home in 1850(City,County,State): District 67, Washington, Virginia
Household Members: Name Age
Elizabeth Crowell 14 female, Va
Jane Crowell 12 female, Va
Jas Crowell 4 male, Va
Margaret Crowell 6 female, Va
Mary Crowell 2 female, Va
Polly Crowell 36 female, Va
Robt Crowell 8 male, Va
Wm Crowell 38 Farmer, Va
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: District 67, Washington,Virginia; Roll: M432_980; Page: 165; Image: 329. Ancestry.com. 1850United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: TheGenerations Network, Inc., 2005."
"02 October 1860 United States Federal Census
Name: William Crowell
Age in 1860: 49
Birth Year: abt 1811
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1860: Western District, Washington, Virginia
Gender: Male
Post Office: Abingdon
Value of real estate: View Image
Household Members: Name Age
William Crowell 49 Farmer/value 1000
Mary Crowell 46 wife, Keeps House, Va
Margaret Crowell 16 dau., Va
James Crowell 14 son, Va
Mary Crowell 12 dau., Va
Letitia Crowell 10 dau., Va
Isabella Crowell 8 dau., Va
Edward Crowell 4 son, Va
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Western District,Washington, Virginia; Roll: M653_1383; Page: 689; Image: 326.Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line].Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004."
NOTE: William Crowell was in two units probably. The firstConfederate unit, 48th Virginia Infantry, mustered out of WashingtonCounty, September 1861, near Abingdon, Virginia. The secondConfederate unit he was in, the 54th Virginia Infantry, he joinedsometime after May 1862 probably after the battle of Gettysburg.Sometime between May of 1862 to before the 1870 Census he must havedied either in the war or possibly right after the Civil War, becauseby the 1870 census Mary A. Crowell is living with her son James D.Crowell in Washington County, Virginia and William Crowell cannot befound in the census records. HIS SON ROBERT N. CROWELL WAS ALSO INTHE CONFEDERATE 48 VIRGINIA INFANTRY; HIS SON JAMES D. CROWELL WASALSO IN THE CIVIL WAR, 13TH BATTALION, VIRGINIA LIGHT ARTILLERY--SEETHEIR NOTES FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
"William S. Crowell (First_Last);http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm
Regiment Name 48 Virginia Infantry
Side Confederate
Company I
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Alternate Name
Notes
Film Number M382 roll 13
William S. Crowell (First_Last)
48th Regiment, Virginia Infantry
48th Infantry Regiment, organized at Big Spring, near Abingdon,Virginia, in September, 1861, contained men from Scott, Washington,Smyth, Lee, and Russell counties. It fought in Jackson's ValleyCampaign and later was assigned to General J.R. Jones' and W. Terry'sBrigade, Army of Northern Virginia. The 48th participated in manyconflicts from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, then wasinvolved in Early's Shenandoah Valley operations and the AppomattoxCampaign. It was organized with 912 officers and men and had a forceof 800 in May, 1862. The unit reported 17 casualties at Cross Keys andPort Republic, 62 at Cedar Mountain, 24 at Second Manassas, 7 atFredericksburg, and 103 at Chancellorsville. Of the 265 engaged atGettysburg more than twenty-five percent were disabled. Only 4officers and 38 men surrendered. The field officers were Colonels JohnA. Campbell, Robert H. Dungan, and Thomas S. Garnett; LieutenantColonel Oscar White; and Majors James C. Campbell, Wilson Faris, andD. Boston Stewart."
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Regiment Name 54 Virginia Infantry
Side Confederate
Company
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Alternate Name
Notes
Film Number M382 roll 13
54th Regiment, Virginia Infantry
54th Infantry Regiment was organized in October, 1861. It was soonordered to Kentucky and took an active part in the engagement atMiddle Creek. Later the unit was assigned to Trigg's, Reynolds',Brown's and Reynolds' Consolidated, and Palmer's Brigade, Army ofTennessee. It participated in many battles of the army fromChickamauga to Atlanta, endured Hood's winter operations, and foughtin North Carolina. On April 9, 1865, it merged into the 54th BattalionVirginia Infantry. This regiment sustained 47 casualties atChickamauga, totalled 390 men and 329 arms in December, 1863, andhad128 present in December, 1864 and 212 in January, 1865. The fieldofficers were Colonel Robert C. Trigg; Lieutenant Colonels Henry A.Edmundson, William B. Shelor, and John J. Wade; and Majors John S.Deyerle, Austin Harman, and James C. Taylor."
William married Mary A. Rowlett on 29 Jan 1835 in Wythe County, Virginia. Mary was born about 1814 in Virginia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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