Abraham Crawley (abt. 1814 - 1863)

Born about 1814 in Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Clarissa (Wentzell) Crawley — married 29 Mar 1841 in Salem County, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 7 Jul 1863 at about age 49 in Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Enlisted in Company A, 68th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania; wounded on 2 July 1863 in the Battle of Gettysburg, PA; wounded in left arm and lung on July 2nd; died of wounds on 7 July 1863 in Gettysburg, PA; enlisted as a Private, dies a Corporal. Leaves behind his wife, Elizabeth Ann Gray Jaquett, and sons Abraham Thomas and Millard Fillmore Crawley, and daughter from first marriage Aletta Crawley Kuhn. ^[1]

The 68th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment:

Part of the “Scott Legion”

The 68th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 10 officers and 61 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 51 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg. 1862 August Organized at Philadelphia September 1 Left State for Washington, D.C. Camp at Arlington Heights October 11-November 19 March up the Potomac to Leesburg, then to Falmouth, Virginia. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac December 12-15 Battle of Fredericksburg 1863 January 20-24 Burnside’s 2nd Campaign, “Mud March” February-April At Falmouth April 27-May 6 Chancellorsville Campaign May 1-5 Battle of Chancellorsville June 13-July 24 Gettysburg Campaign

July 1-3 Battle of Gettysburg

The regiment was commanded by Colonel Andrew H. Tippin until he took command of the brigade. Captain Milton S. Davis then took over the regiment.

From the monument:

"This monument marks the left of the regiment while supporting Clark’s Battery July 2nd 1863. The right resting 150 feet north as indicated by flank marker, In the afternoon the Regiment advanced southward into the Peach Orchard where its other monument stands and engaged the enemy."

July 3rd and 4th – The regiment was in line with the division on left centre.

Present at Gettysburg 383 officers and men. Killed 3 officers and 10 men. Wounded 5 officers and 117 men. Captured or missing 13 men. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54626910/abraham-crawley
2. ↑ http://civilwarintheeast.com/us-regiments-batteries/pennsylvania/68th-pennsylvania-infantry/