Credille (Credile/Cridelle), William H
Private (Asst Surgeon)
Company I
Age at Enlistment: 25
Enlisted April 1862 at Auburn, Alabama; Appears on Muster Roll of Co. I dated 13 May 1862 at Auburn, Alabama; Appears on post-war Record Roll prepared by T.J. Griffin, former Captain of Co. I, dated 28 June 1866 with notations "Single", "Physician" and "P.O. Lafayette, Alabama"; Listed as Private in muster roll of Company I published by T.J. Carlisle in 1902; Muster Roll of "Company 'I' 37th Regiment, Alabama Volunteers at LaFayette, Chambers County, Alabama, March 6, 1862" published in 31 July 1901 issue of The LaFayette Sun (LaFayette, Chambers Co AL) with Privates as "Cridelle, Wm. H., appointed assistant Surgeon, April 1863"
According to Civil War physician authority, Dr. Terry Hambrecht, Dr. William H. Credille was born in (Feb 1837) in Georgia.
As a student from Georgia, he received his M.D. from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Penn., in 1857. By 1860, William was practicing medicine at Chambers County, Ala.; Passed by Army Board of Medical Examination as Asst Surgeon, Vicksburg, Miss., on 9 April 1863; On 14 April 1863, ordered by Surgeon J.W. Oslin (former Chief Surgeon, 37th Ala. Inf.), then-Post Surgeon of Vicksburg, Miss., to report to Surgeon M.R. Fountain, in charge of Hospital #2 at Vicksburg; On 11 July 1863, Credille was appointed Asst Surgeon to rank from 9 April 1863; Confirmed as Asst Surgeon on 30 Jan 1864 by C.S. Senante; In Feb 1864, Credille served at Stonewall Hospital, Montgomery, Ala., and on 29 July 1864, he appears as Asst Surgeon, Andersonville Prison, Andersonville, Ga.; 31 Jan 1865 Asst Surgeon, C.S. Military Prison Hospital, Columbia, SC.
On 31 Jan 1865 he married Fannie L. Blythe, Greene County, Ga.
Post-war (1874) practiced medicine at Greensboro, Green County, Ga., until at least 1880; By 1900 noted as "Farmer" at Greene County, Ga., and is believed buried at Copelan-Credille Cemetery, Greene County, Ga.; Learn about those who dedicated themselves to care for the sick and wounded throughout the war at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine; Post-war Oslin continued his medical practice in West Point, Ga.
(grandson, Harry Robert Woodcock, Leavenworth, KS)
Credille (Credile/Cridelle), William H
Private (Asst Surgeon)
Company I
Age at Enlistment: 25
Enlisted April 1862 at Auburn, Alabama; Appears on Muster Roll of Co. I dated 13 May 1862 at Auburn, Alabama; Appears on post-war Record Roll prepared by T.J. Griffin, former Captain of Co. I, dated 28 June 1866 with notations "Single", "Physician" and "P.O. Lafayette, Alabama"; Listed as Private in muster roll of Company I published by T.J. Carlisle in 1902; Muster Roll of "Company 'I' 37th Regiment, Alabama Volunteers at LaFayette, Chambers County, Alabama, March 6, 1862" published in 31 July 1901 issue of The LaFayette Sun (LaFayette, Chambers Co AL) with Privates as "Cridelle, Wm. H., appointed assistant Surgeon, April 1863"
According to Civil War physician authority, Dr. Terry Hambrecht, Dr. William H. Credille was born in (Feb 1837) in Georgia.
As a student from Georgia, he received his M.D. from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Penn., in 1857. By 1860, William was practicing medicine at Chambers County, Ala.; Passed by Army Board of Medical Examination as Asst Surgeon, Vicksburg, Miss., on 9 April 1863; On 14 April 1863, ordered by Surgeon J.W. Oslin (former Chief Surgeon, 37th Ala. Inf.), then-Post Surgeon of Vicksburg, Miss., to report to Surgeon M.R. Fountain, in charge of Hospital #2 at Vicksburg; On 11 July 1863, Credille was appointed Asst Surgeon to rank from 9 April 1863; Confirmed as Asst Surgeon on 30 Jan 1864 by C.S. Senante; In Feb 1864, Credille served at Stonewall Hospital, Montgomery, Ala., and on 29 July 1864, he appears as Asst Surgeon, Andersonville Prison, Andersonville, Ga.; 31 Jan 1865 Asst Surgeon, C.S. Military Prison Hospital, Columbia, SC.
On 31 Jan 1865 he married Fannie L. Blythe, Greene County, Ga.
Post-war (1874) practiced medicine at Greensboro, Green County, Ga., until at least 1880; By 1900 noted as "Farmer" at Greene County, Ga., and is believed buried at Copelan-Credille Cemetery, Greene County, Ga.; Learn about those who dedicated themselves to care for the sick and wounded throughout the war at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine; Post-war Oslin continued his medical practice in West Point, Ga.
(grandson, Harry Robert Woodcock, Leavenworth, KS)
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