Everything about George B Crittenden totally explained
George Bibb Crittenden (
March 20,
1812 –
November 27,
1880) was a career
U.S. Army officer who served in the
Black Hawk War, the Army of the
Republic of Texas, the
Mexican-American War, and was a
general in the
Confederate States Army in the
American Civil War.
Crittenden was born in
Russellville, Kentucky, his father being the U.S. politician
John J. Crittenden. His brother
Thomas Leonidas Crittenden and cousin of
Thomas Turpin Crittenden were both future generals for the
Union Army. He graduated from the
U.S. Military Academy in
1832 and was commissioned a
second lieutenant in the
4th U.S. Infantry. He fought in the Black Hawk War of
1832 and resigned his commission the following year. He attended
Transylvania University and became a lawyer. He moved to Texas in
1842 and joined the Army of the Republic of Texas. During the
Mier Expedition of
1843, he was captured by the Mexican army and exchanged. He rejoined the U.S. Army in 1846 and fought with the U.S. Mounted Rifles (
3d Armored Cavalry Regiment) in the
Mexican-American War. He was given a
brevet promotion to
Major (United States) for gallantry at
Contreras and
Churubusco in
1847 and a permanent promotion to major in the
regular army in
1848. However, on
August 19,
1848, he was cashiered from the Army, to be restored in March 1849. He eventually reached the permanent rank of
lieutenant colonel in
1856.
Just before the start of the Civil War, Crittenden accepted a commission as
colonel in the Confederate States Army infantry on
March 16,
1861, although he wouldn't resign his U.S. Army commission until
June 10. He was promoted to
brigadier general on
August 15,
1861, and served briefly as a brigade commander in the Confederate
Army of the Potomac in Virginia. He was promoted to
major general on
November 9,
1861, and commanded the District of East Tennessee. On
January 18,
1862, he and Confederate Maj. Gen.
Felix Zollicoffer were defeated by Union Army General
George H. Thomas at the
Battle of Mill Springs, the first important Confederate defeat in the war, breaking the
Southern hold on eastern Kentucky.
He briefly commanded the 2nd Division of the Army of central Kentucky in 1862, but was relieved on
March 31. He was arrested the next day for drunkenness by the order of General
William J. Hardee and restored on
April 18. General
Braxton Bragg ordered a court of inquiry in July and Crittenden resigned as a general officer, reverting to colonel in October 1862.
Later in the war, Crittenden commanded the Trans-Allegheny Department. He served as the state librarian of Kentucky from 1867 to 1871. He died in
Danville, Kentucky, and is buried in the State Cemetery,
Frankfort, Kentucky.
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