Captain John Crosson
Co F 38th Ohio Infantry.
Entered service 17 Aug 1861, age 40.
Appointed Adjutant from 1st Lieutenant Co F 17 Feb 1862.
Promoted to Captain 10 Dec 1862.
Died 10 Sep 1864, of wounds received 1 Sep 1864, in battle of Jonesboro, Ga.
-Ohio Roster Roll of Honor
The 38th Ohio was a regiment in the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps. The following is an excerpt from Colonel George P. Este's report.
Near Jonesborough, Ga., September 3, 1864.
MAJOR I have the honor to submit the following report of the part taken by the Third Brigade, Third Division, Fourteenth Army Corps, in the action near Jonesborough, September 1: About noon of that day the brigade broke up its encampment, and moving forward at the head of the division continued in motion until about 4 p.m. It then formed in line of battle in rear of the left brigade of General Carlin's division in a field about one mile and a half from Jonesborough, and about three-fourths of a mile from the enemy's works, the left of the brigade resting upon the Atlanta and Macon Railroad. The brigade was formed in two lines, the Tenth Kentucky and Thirty-eighth Ohio constituting the front line, the Seventy-fourth Indiana and Fourteenth Ohio the second line...
I was ordered to relieve the regular brigade [Colonel Edie's], pass their lines, and assault the rebel works in their and my front. Ordering bayonets fixed, the word forward was given, and the command moved slowly and deliberately to the front with as much coolness and regularity as they ever had done on battalion drill. Ere reaching the crest of the hill and the edge of the woods, just beyond which the rebel line of works were constructed, I had ordered the lines to lie down whilst the first volley should be received, and then both lines to rush forward to the charge. The order was exactly executed, and the charge magnificently performed, and the first lines of the enemy's works carried as with a whirlwind...
I immediately ordered the second charge. Gallantly the whole command responded, and charged impetuously upon and over the enemy's second line, capturing or killing nearly all the rebels behind their works in my front... With the capture of the enemy's second line toward the left, the contest ceased, and our troops remained master of the field...
The battle, so far as the Third Brigade was concerned, lasted but little over thirty minutes. It went into action with 1,075 muskets and 64 field and commissioned officers. It lost during the fight 3 officers and 72 enlisted men killed, and 18 officers and 237 enlisted men wounded. Total killed, 75; wounded, 255. Total loss, 330, or a little more than 30 percent of our force engaged. These figures of themselves, more eloquently than words, proclaim the heroism of the men and the terrible character of the contest... and I will only add that a very considerable portion of the wounds are reported by the surgeons as mortal and a very large proportion as very severe.
...to mention especially the bearing of any one by name, and yet I feel that it is but an act of justice to make particular mention of the splendid courage of Colonel Choate, commanding Thirty-eighth Ohio, who was severely wounded while in the act of raising the colors of his regiment from the ground, where they had fallen in consequence of the wounding of his color bearer. With so gallant a leader it is not strange his regiment should have done so nobly... The color guard of the Thirty-eighth Ohio also behaved with great heroism, Sergt. Oscar R. Randall and Corpl. Darius W. Baird being killed, and Corpl. George W. Strawser severely wounded.
-The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies.; Series 1 - Volume 38 (Part I) pages 810 to 813.
His widow, Annis Adams Crosson, received a Widow's pension. She was a resident of Defiance County, Ohio. She died on or about 14 Oct 1890.
Two children received Minor's pensions. Margaret E., born 13 Aug 1851. Mary Rosalthe, born 6 or 24 Sep 1857, d. 24 Feb 1877.
-from pension file
Co F 38th Ohio Infantry.
Entered service 17 Aug 1861, age 40.
Appointed Adjutant from 1st Lieutenant Co F 17 Feb 1862.
Promoted to Captain 10 Dec 1862.
Died 10 Sep 1864, of wounds received 1 Sep 1864, in battle of Jonesboro, Ga.
-Ohio Roster Roll of Honor
The 38th Ohio was a regiment in the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps. The following is an excerpt from Colonel George P. Este's report.
Near Jonesborough, Ga., September 3, 1864.
MAJOR I have the honor to submit the following report of the part taken by the Third Brigade, Third Division, Fourteenth Army Corps, in the action near Jonesborough, September 1: About noon of that day the brigade broke up its encampment, and moving forward at the head of the division continued in motion until about 4 p.m. It then formed in line of battle in rear of the left brigade of General Carlin's division in a field about one mile and a half from Jonesborough, and about three-fourths of a mile from the enemy's works, the left of the brigade resting upon the Atlanta and Macon Railroad. The brigade was formed in two lines, the Tenth Kentucky and Thirty-eighth Ohio constituting the front line, the Seventy-fourth Indiana and Fourteenth Ohio the second line...
I was ordered to relieve the regular brigade [Colonel Edie's], pass their lines, and assault the rebel works in their and my front. Ordering bayonets fixed, the word forward was given, and the command moved slowly and deliberately to the front with as much coolness and regularity as they ever had done on battalion drill. Ere reaching the crest of the hill and the edge of the woods, just beyond which the rebel line of works were constructed, I had ordered the lines to lie down whilst the first volley should be received, and then both lines to rush forward to the charge. The order was exactly executed, and the charge magnificently performed, and the first lines of the enemy's works carried as with a whirlwind...
I immediately ordered the second charge. Gallantly the whole command responded, and charged impetuously upon and over the enemy's second line, capturing or killing nearly all the rebels behind their works in my front... With the capture of the enemy's second line toward the left, the contest ceased, and our troops remained master of the field...
The battle, so far as the Third Brigade was concerned, lasted but little over thirty minutes. It went into action with 1,075 muskets and 64 field and commissioned officers. It lost during the fight 3 officers and 72 enlisted men killed, and 18 officers and 237 enlisted men wounded. Total killed, 75; wounded, 255. Total loss, 330, or a little more than 30 percent of our force engaged. These figures of themselves, more eloquently than words, proclaim the heroism of the men and the terrible character of the contest... and I will only add that a very considerable portion of the wounds are reported by the surgeons as mortal and a very large proportion as very severe.
...to mention especially the bearing of any one by name, and yet I feel that it is but an act of justice to make particular mention of the splendid courage of Colonel Choate, commanding Thirty-eighth Ohio, who was severely wounded while in the act of raising the colors of his regiment from the ground, where they had fallen in consequence of the wounding of his color bearer. With so gallant a leader it is not strange his regiment should have done so nobly... The color guard of the Thirty-eighth Ohio also behaved with great heroism, Sergt. Oscar R. Randall and Corpl. Darius W. Baird being killed, and Corpl. George W. Strawser severely wounded.
-The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies.; Series 1 - Volume 38 (Part I) pages 810 to 813.
His widow, Annis Adams Crosson, received a Widow's pension. She was a resident of Defiance County, Ohio. She died on or about 14 Oct 1890.
Two children received Minor's pensions. Margaret E., born 13 Aug 1851. Mary Rosalthe, born 6 or 24 Sep 1857, d. 24 Feb 1877.
-from pension file
Captain John Crosson
Co F 38th Ohio Infantry.
Entered service 17 Aug 1861, age 40.
Appointed Adjutant from 1st Lieutenant Co F 17 Feb 1862.
Promoted to Captain 10 Dec 1862.
Died 10 Sep 1864, of wounds received 1 Sep 1864, in battle of Jonesboro, Ga.
-Ohio Roster Roll of Honor
The 38th Ohio was a regiment in the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps. The following is an excerpt from Colonel George P. Este's report.
Near Jonesborough, Ga., September 3, 1864.
MAJOR I have the honor to submit the following report of the part taken by the Third Brigade, Third Division, Fourteenth Army Corps, in the action near Jonesborough, September 1: About noon of that day the brigade broke up its encampment, and moving forward at the head of the division continued in motion until about 4 p.m. It then formed in line of battle in rear of the left brigade of General Carlin's division in a field about one mile and a half from Jonesborough, and about three-fourths of a mile from the enemy's works, the left of the brigade resting upon the Atlanta and Macon Railroad. The brigade was formed in two lines, the Tenth Kentucky and Thirty-eighth Ohio constituting the front line, the Seventy-fourth Indiana and Fourteenth Ohio the second line...
I was ordered to relieve the regular brigade [Colonel Edie's], pass their lines, and assault the rebel works in their and my front. Ordering bayonets fixed, the word forward was given, and the command moved slowly and deliberately to the front with as much coolness and regularity as they ever had done on battalion drill. Ere reaching the crest of the hill and the edge of the woods, just beyond which the rebel line of works were constructed, I had ordered the lines to lie down whilst the first volley should be received, and then both lines to rush forward to the charge. The order was exactly executed, and the charge magnificently performed, and the first lines of the enemy's works carried as with a whirlwind...
I immediately ordered the second charge. Gallantly the whole command responded, and charged impetuously upon and over the enemy's second line, capturing or killing nearly all the rebels behind their works in my front... With the capture of the enemy's second line toward the left, the contest ceased, and our troops remained master of the field...
The battle, so far as the Third Brigade was concerned, lasted but little over thirty minutes. It went into action with 1,075 muskets and 64 field and commissioned officers. It lost during the fight 3 officers and 72 enlisted men killed, and 18 officers and 237 enlisted men wounded. Total killed, 75; wounded, 255. Total loss, 330, or a little more than 30 percent of our force engaged. These figures of themselves, more eloquently than words, proclaim the heroism of the men and the terrible character of the contest... and I will only add that a very considerable portion of the wounds are reported by the surgeons as mortal and a very large proportion as very severe.
...to mention especially the bearing of any one by name, and yet I feel that it is but an act of justice to make particular mention of the splendid courage of Colonel Choate, commanding Thirty-eighth Ohio, who was severely wounded while in the act of raising the colors of his regiment from the ground, where they had fallen in consequence of the wounding of his color bearer. With so gallant a leader it is not strange his regiment should have done so nobly... The color guard of the Thirty-eighth Ohio also behaved with great heroism, Sergt. Oscar R. Randall and Corpl. Darius W. Baird being killed, and Corpl. George W. Strawser severely wounded.
-The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies.; Series 1 - Volume 38 (Part I) pages 810 to 813.
His widow, Annis Adams Crosson, received a Widow's pension. She was a resident of Defiance County, Ohio. She died on or about 14 Oct 1890.
Two children received Minor's pensions. Margaret E., born 13 Aug 1851. Mary Rosalthe, born 6 or 24 Sep 1857, d. 24 Feb 1877.
-from pension file
Co F 38th Ohio Infantry.
Entered service 17 Aug 1861, age 40.
Appointed Adjutant from 1st Lieutenant Co F 17 Feb 1862.
Promoted to Captain 10 Dec 1862.
Died 10 Sep 1864, of wounds received 1 Sep 1864, in battle of Jonesboro, Ga.
-Ohio Roster Roll of Honor
The 38th Ohio was a regiment in the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps. The following is an excerpt from Colonel George P. Este's report.
Near Jonesborough, Ga., September 3, 1864.
MAJOR I have the honor to submit the following report of the part taken by the Third Brigade, Third Division, Fourteenth Army Corps, in the action near Jonesborough, September 1: About noon of that day the brigade broke up its encampment, and moving forward at the head of the division continued in motion until about 4 p.m. It then formed in line of battle in rear of the left brigade of General Carlin's division in a field about one mile and a half from Jonesborough, and about three-fourths of a mile from the enemy's works, the left of the brigade resting upon the Atlanta and Macon Railroad. The brigade was formed in two lines, the Tenth Kentucky and Thirty-eighth Ohio constituting the front line, the Seventy-fourth Indiana and Fourteenth Ohio the second line...
I was ordered to relieve the regular brigade [Colonel Edie's], pass their lines, and assault the rebel works in their and my front. Ordering bayonets fixed, the word forward was given, and the command moved slowly and deliberately to the front with as much coolness and regularity as they ever had done on battalion drill. Ere reaching the crest of the hill and the edge of the woods, just beyond which the rebel line of works were constructed, I had ordered the lines to lie down whilst the first volley should be received, and then both lines to rush forward to the charge. The order was exactly executed, and the charge magnificently performed, and the first lines of the enemy's works carried as with a whirlwind...
I immediately ordered the second charge. Gallantly the whole command responded, and charged impetuously upon and over the enemy's second line, capturing or killing nearly all the rebels behind their works in my front... With the capture of the enemy's second line toward the left, the contest ceased, and our troops remained master of the field...
The battle, so far as the Third Brigade was concerned, lasted but little over thirty minutes. It went into action with 1,075 muskets and 64 field and commissioned officers. It lost during the fight 3 officers and 72 enlisted men killed, and 18 officers and 237 enlisted men wounded. Total killed, 75; wounded, 255. Total loss, 330, or a little more than 30 percent of our force engaged. These figures of themselves, more eloquently than words, proclaim the heroism of the men and the terrible character of the contest... and I will only add that a very considerable portion of the wounds are reported by the surgeons as mortal and a very large proportion as very severe.
...to mention especially the bearing of any one by name, and yet I feel that it is but an act of justice to make particular mention of the splendid courage of Colonel Choate, commanding Thirty-eighth Ohio, who was severely wounded while in the act of raising the colors of his regiment from the ground, where they had fallen in consequence of the wounding of his color bearer. With so gallant a leader it is not strange his regiment should have done so nobly... The color guard of the Thirty-eighth Ohio also behaved with great heroism, Sergt. Oscar R. Randall and Corpl. Darius W. Baird being killed, and Corpl. George W. Strawser severely wounded.
-The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies.; Series 1 - Volume 38 (Part I) pages 810 to 813.
His widow, Annis Adams Crosson, received a Widow's pension. She was a resident of Defiance County, Ohio. She died on or about 14 Oct 1890.
Two children received Minor's pensions. Margaret E., born 13 Aug 1851. Mary Rosalthe, born 6 or 24 Sep 1857, d. 24 Feb 1877.
-from pension file
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